{"id":184147,"date":"2023-01-12T02:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cnet-is-quietly-publishing-entire-articles-generated-by-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T02:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:09:07","slug":"cnet-is-quietly-publishing-entire-articles-generated-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cnet-is-quietly-publishing-entire-articles-generated-by-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
Next time you’re on your favorite news site, you might want to double check the byline to see if it was written by an actual human.<\/p>\n
CNET<\/i>a massively popular tech news outlet, has been quietly employing the help of “automation technology” \u2014 a stylistic euphemism for AI \u2014 on a new wave of financial explainer articles, seemingly starting around November of last year.<\/p>\n
In the absence of any formal announcement or coverage, it appears that this was first spotted by online marketer Gael Breton in a tweet<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The articles are published under the unassuming appellation of “CNET Money Staff,” and encompass topics like “Should You Break an Early CD for a Better Rate?” or “What is Zelle and How Does It Work?”<\/p>\n That byline obviously does not paint the full picture, and so your average reader visiting the site likely would have no idea that what they’re reading is AI-generated. It’s only when you click on “CNET Money Staff,” that the actual “authorship” is revealed.<\/p>\n “This article was generated using automation technology,” reads a dropdown description, “and thoroughly edited and fact-checked by an editor on our editorial staff.”<\/p>\n Since the program began, CNET <\/i>has put out around 73 AI-generated articles. That’s not a whole lot for a site that big, and absent an official announcement of the program, it appears leadership is trying to keep the experiment as lowkey as possible. CNET <\/em>did not respond to questions about the AI-generated articles.<\/p>\n