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Newsletter: USA Today's chatbot is spreading misinformation

“And, sure enough, it consistently makes things up.”

— The NewsGuild-CWA

What happened

Reporters at the Akron Beacon Journal and the Kent Ravenna Record-Courier are leaving their names off their stories in protest at USA Today Co.'s AI answer tool, DeeperDive. Their union says the tool makes things up and is attached to their stories without human oversight.

Read it at The NewsGuild-CWA ↗