The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting

The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting

Last month, the New York Times published an article about Prime Minister Mark Carney securing a majority government. In the article, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is quoted denouncing the members of his party who had crossed the floor to join Carney’s Liberals. “If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow,” the paper reported Poilievre saying in a spee…

The New York Times Published an A.I.-Fabricated Quote Attributed to Pierre Poilievre – Pixel Envy

On 14 April, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the New York Times’ Canada bureau chief, quoted Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party, calling the spate of floor crossers “turncoats”. He apparently said this — and more — in a speech in March. This was printed on page A7 and sat for weeks on the web until 1 May when the Times corrected the paragraph by using actual quotes from Poilievre’s speech in April, not March. Those earlier quotes? Accord…