LLMMedium
Cody Enterprise Reporter Resigns After Admitting to AI-Generated Fake Quotes
- Occurred
- Jun 26, 2024
- Published
- Aug 14, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A reporter at the Cody Enterprise used AI to generate fake quotes and stories, including fabricating statements from Wyoming’s governor and other officials. The misuse of AI was uncovered when another journalist noticed robotic phrases and false information in the articles. The reporter resigned, and the newspaper is now implementing policies to prevent future incidents.
Developers
- Chatbots
Deployers
- Aaron Pelczar
Harmed parties
- Mark Gordon
- Wyoming officials
- Cody Enterprise
- Cody Enterprise readers
- Journalistic integrity
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Reporter used AI to fabricate quotes, constituting an LLM misuse incident with professional consequences.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8