Journalist suspended for publishing AI-hallucinated quotes: A former editor-in-chief of NRC used ChatGPT, Perplexity, and NotebookLM for his newsletter, but didn’t verify quotes. He had warned colleagues about exactly this. (Dan Milmo, Guardian)
- A senior Mediahuis journalist and former editor-in-chief of NRC, was suspended after publishing fake AI-generated quotes in his Substack newsletter without verification. NRC's own investigation found dozens of false quotes, with seven people confirming they never said what was attributed to them.
- The painful irony: The journalist had repeatedly warned colleagues about AI hallucinations and advocated for human oversight.
