Incident 566: Gannett Halts AI-Generated High School Sports Articles After Series of Errors and Public Backlash
Description: Gannett, a newspaper chain, temporarily halted its AI experiment that used a tool called LedeAI to generate high school sports articles. The decision came after several articles produced by the AI showed glaring errors, repetitive language, and awkward phrasing, drawing criticism and mockery on social media.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: LedeAI developed an AI system deployed by Gannett, which harmed Gannett , General public , Student athletes and Newspapers relying on Gannett.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
566
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-09-19
Editors
Sean McGregor
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
cnn.com · 2023
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Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers.
Several high school sports reports…
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