LLMMedium
Gannett Halts AI-Generated High School Sports Articles After Series of Errors and Public Backlash
- Occurred
- Sep 19, 2023
- Published
- Aug 30, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- LedeAI
Deployers
- Gannett
Harmed parties
- General public
- Gannett
- Student athletes
- Newspapers relying on Gannett
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated text errors caused public backlash and halted the project, fitting LLM failures with medium severity.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8