Ole Reissmann

About · Newsletter

AI & Journalism Links

“The Washington Post last week rolled out AI-generated podcasts, ignoring internal reviews that found errors in AI scripts, like fabricated quotes, and had deemed more than two-thirds of them unpublishable.” (Max Tani, Semafor)

Summary

  • AI-generated Washington Post podcasts rife with errors and fictional quotes.
  • Post's top standards editor calls the errors "frustrating" amid internal tensions.
  • Wider industry struggles as tech giants push AI-powered audio tools.

posted 15.12.2025 by oler · AI & Journalism

You are seeing a single entry in AI & Journalism Links. The previous entry is How to spot AI written texts: Deconstructing the “Robotic” Writing Narrative, the next entry is Google’s Preferred Sources: A global solution for connecting to trusted information?.

Subscribe to THEFUTURE

One email a week covering AI's role in journalism. Sign up for THEFUTURE.

Modern chatbots melt ice caps fast.