Ars Technica Retracted Article After Purportedly AI-Generated Text Was Presented as Direct Quotes From Matplotlib Maintainer
Description
Ars Technica retracted an article after purportedly AI-generated text was presented as direct quotations from a source who disputed having said them. The editor-in-chief reportedly acknowledged a standards failure and said the publication was not consistent with Ars policy on AI-generated material, and apologized to readers and to matplotlib maintainer Scott Shambaugh. An author reportedly later said he had inadvertently used an AI-paraphrased version of the source text as quotes.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- ars-technica
- benj-edwards
Alleged Developers
- openai
Harmed Parties
- scott-shambaugh
- open-source-maintainers
- epistemic-integrity
- ars-technica-readers
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Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
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