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 (DIR) Post #B1ubP4QxjryfuDXg9Y by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2026-01-02T19:28:37Z
       
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       It is pretty wild that a news org (a “news” org) is running a piece that quotes loads of grok output but has no quotes from humans, other than a combative auto-reply to an email.Even the language here — “grok said” — is so wildly irresponsible. Grok didn’t “say” anything. It output a string of words that met a complicated set of likelihood criteria for the question “what would a reply sound like?”*People* made this and allowed it to be used this way.https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/grok-says-safeguard-lapses-led-images-minors-minimal-clothing-x-2026-01-02/
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ubPBLY2Oo1LS3xBY by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2026-01-02T19:31:34Z
       
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       Right now, it feels like most news orgs are simply not up to the task in front of them.Essentially, someone like Musk can do any foul thing they like through grok, then hang responsibility for it on an "AI" which has conveniently been personified by folks who are too credulous and/or uninformed to report effectively.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ubPItTyd6qkizeYC by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2026-01-02T19:32:25Z
       
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       I just had the horrible thought that maybe the article was produced with a genAI.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ubPQooVs81KYs2Ns by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2026-01-02T19:35:59Z
       
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       No, while there is no byline at the article, there is a footer that reads: "Reporting by Arnav Mishra and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Bipasha Dey; Editing by Timothy Heritage and Chizu Nomiyama"I assume that means they produced the piece, but who knows.