Sports Illustrated Freaks Out, Deletes Evidence Of AI-Generated Journalists Writing AI-Generated Articles, by Tyler Durden

If your writing is such that AI can do better than you, perhaps you’ve got nothing to say. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:

Sports Illustrated has been busted using AI-generated journalists to ‘write’ AI-generated articles, and then freaked out and deleted the evidence after one of their webdevs dropped the dime on them.

According to an in-depth investigative report by Futurism;

There was nothing in Drew Ortiz’s author biography at Sports Illustrated to suggest that he was anything other than human.

“Drew has spent much of his life outdoors, and is excited to guide you through his never-ending list of the best products to keep you from falling to the perils of nature,” it read. “Nowadays, there is rarely a weekend that goes by where Drew isn’t out camping, hiking, or just back on his parents’ farm.”

The only problem? Outside of Sports Illustrated, Drew Ortiz doesn’t seem to exist. He has no social media presence and no publishing history. And even more strangely, his profile photo on Sports Illustrated is for sale on a website that sells AI-generated headshots, where he’s described as “neutral white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes.”

It wasn’t just ‘Drew Ortiz’ either… The outlet used multiple AI-generated ‘journalists,’ according to a person involved in the creation of the content who asked to remain anonymous.

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One response to “Sports Illustrated Freaks Out, Deletes Evidence Of AI-Generated Journalists Writing AI-Generated Articles, by Tyler Durden

  1. The ABCs of investigation.

    Accept nothing, Believe nothing, Check everything.

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