'News' Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers
3 days ago
- #EFF impersonation
- #media misinformation
- #AI-generated news
- A site called News-USA Today (unrelated to USA Today) has been quoting fake EFF staffers, like Sarah Chen and Javier Morales, for at least two months.
- News-USA Today claims to focus on factual, timely journalism but uses AI-generated content and even made up a quote from a non-existent EFF Executive Director, Jared Cohen.
- Fake quotes harm EFF's credibility with the public and reputable media, despite EFF's permissive copyright policy for sharing its own materials under a Creative Commons license.
- The rise of AI in news production risks damaging outlet reputations to cut costs, with News-USA Today exemplifying this trend of fabricated sources.
- News consumers are advised to use resources from ProPublica and FactCheck.org to help distinguish real news from fake, emphasizing vigilance in media literacy.