Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/20179042

Hacker News.

Author blog about that.

AI generated quotes in a story about AI clanker writing a blog post about a human developer because they didn't accept their code contributions.

How deep can someone go here.

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hypnicjerk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 179d

ars technica has been on the way out for a while but this is just embarrassing.

Damarus@feddit.org · 2 pts · 179d

This has been posted so many times now

Asweet@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 179d

I don’t have the link with me now, but the Author’s explanation and apology for how this happened is a worthwhile read. This seems to have been a straight up mistake.

Still ironic, but I really don’t get the impression that there’s anything hypocritical or malevolent going on here at all.