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NTB Report on Telenor Security Findings Was Withdrawn After AI Tool Allegedly Introduced Fabricated Quotes
- Occurred
- Oct 28, 2025
- Published
- Oct 28, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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 The article was reportedly created with an external AI tool and was withdrawn the same morning.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.
Developers
- Large language model developers
Deployers
- NTB
Harmed parties
- Telenor
- Journalistic integrity
- General public of Norway
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI tool generated fabricated quotes and false information in news report, causing reputational harm and requiring withdrawal.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8