"The writer of the column, Kate Gilgan, told magazine that she hadn't copy and pasted language from an AI model, but 'did utilize AI as a tool,' including chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, for seeking 'inspiration and guidance and correction.'"
"At this point in the AI boom, when we know that AI's effects on its users are often much farther-reaching than they realize, this feels like a thin distinction to make."
"Using an AI-detection tool from the startup Pangram Labs, their findings, published as a preprint study in October, should raise alarm. They suggest that nine percent of newly-published articles are either partially or fully AI-generated, mostly in smaller, local outlets."
"When they focused on opinion pieces in 'newspapers of records' including, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, they found that these were over six times more likely to contain AI-generated content than articles that came out of their newsroom."
Speculation arose regarding AI-generated content in major news outlets, particularly after a New York Times column was criticized for its AI-like quality. The writer, Kate Gilgan, admitted to using AI tools for inspiration and editing, though she denied using AI for content generation. Research indicates that approximately nine percent of new articles may be AI-generated, with opinion pieces in major newspapers being significantly more likely to contain AI content. This trend raises concerns about the implications of AI's role in journalism.
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