I appreciate the self-reflection and acknowledgement of how easy it is to be fooled by AI. I find it unfortunate that other sources of news, especially social media platforms, are not so vigilant or transparent about their mistakes.
We got burned by an AI freelancer and a few missteps of our own. Here's the full disclosure on that. All I can add from my vantage here is that my work has always been subject to rigorous fact checking. It's sometimes a days long, maddening process, but 100% of the time I am grateful in the end.
How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer
We retracted a story in May. Here’s what happened.