A new byline showed up Wednesday on the site of io9, the genre-entertainment section of Gizmodo tech website: “Gizmodo Bot.” And the site’s editorial staff appears to have not had…
TLDR: Owners forced this on the site without input from editors/writers.
“As you may have seen today, an AI-generated article appeared on io9,” James Whitbrook, deputy editor at io9 and Gizmodo, tweeted about the situation. “I was informed approximately 10 minutes beforehand, and no one at io9 played a part in its editing or publication.”
Whitbrook really tore into them after that, calling it “embarrassing, unpublishable” and generally being pissed.
G/O Media’s sites include Gizmodo, The Onion, The A.V. Club, Jezebel and Deadspin.
Let that last line be a warning to view any future content on those sites with extra suspicion. We expect intentionally incorrect satire on the Onion, but the rest? No thank you.
TLDR: Owners forced this on the site without input from editors/writers.
Whitbrook really tore into them after that, calling it “embarrassing, unpublishable” and generally being pissed.
Let that last line be a warning to view any future content on those sites with extra suspicion. We expect intentionally incorrect satire on the Onion, but the rest? No thank you.