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Top news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated news


Most-downloaded local news app adds disclaimer that it's not always "error-free."

These misleading AI news stories have caused real harm in communities, seven former NewsBreak employees, speaking anonymously due to confidentiality agreements, told Reuters. NewsBreak told Reuters that "the inaccurate information" in the fake shooting story "originated from" a "content source," as opposed to being hallucinated by AI. The same photo appeared on a testimonial for a nutritional supplement on Amazon and on posts for foreign freelance sites where her name and background do not match her FindPlace.xyz bio.

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