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Incident 1265: NTB Report on Telenor Security Findings Was Withdrawn After AI Tool Allegedly Introduced Fabricated Quotes

Description: NTB allegedly published a news story about Telenor's annual security report that contained purportedly AI-generated errors, including five reportedly fabricated quotes and a nonexistent "security director." The article was reportedly created with an external AI tool and was withdrawn the same morning. Telenor alerted NTB to the inaccuracies, and NTB apologized, citing improper AI use and initiating internal review of its newsroom practices.

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Alleged: Unspecified large language model developer developed an AI system deployed by NTB, which harmed Truth , Telenor , Journalistic integrity , General public of Norway , General public and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unspecified large language model

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Incident ID
1265
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-10-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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NTB withdrew a lawsuit with false quotes and a false source: – A very serious mistake
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NTB withdrew a lawsuit with false quotes and a false source: – A very serious mistake

NTB withdrew a lawsuit with false quotes and a false source: – A very serious mistake

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NTB withdrew a lawsuit with false quotes and a false source: – A very serious mistake
journalisten.no · 2025
AI Translated

Early in the morning of October 15th, something went seriously wrong for NTB; when the news agency published a news report about Telenor's annual security report that had been sent out that morning.

Shortly afterwards, the entire report was…

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