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Anthropic's AI-generated blog dies an early death


Anthropic was experimenting with an AI-generated blog. TechCrunch profiled it. Then, Anthropic shut it down.

A source familiar tells TechCrunch the blog was a “pilot” meant to help Anthropic’s team combine customer requests for explainer-type “tips and tricks” content with marketing goals. Even the best AI today is prone to confidently making things up, which has led to embarrassing gaffes on the part of publishers that have publicly embraced the tech. For example, Bloomberg has had to of AI-generated summaries of its articles, and G/O Media’s error-riddled AI-written features — published against editors’ wishes — attracted widespread ridicule.

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