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AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources

3 years ago by DolphinMath to c/technology

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Average readers aren't the only ones tired of sorting through AI "work"— Wikipedia editors have had it, too.

In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia.

Considering that CNET has been in the business since 1994 and maintained a top-tier reputation on Wikipedia up until late 2020, this change came after lots of debate between Wikipedia's editors and has drawn the attention of many in the media, including some CNET staff members.

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PrincessLeiasCat 52 points 3 years ago

My friend used to work for CNET. She was laid off along with a decent amount of her coworkers years ago, maybe as much as 10+ IIRC, but yeah - they’ve been going downhill for awhile now and it seems to only be accelerating.

It’s really a shame because they used to be such a trusted source. Enshittification marches on to a steady beat.

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ripcord 11 points 3 years ago

That's not enshittification. It's just getting shittier.

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pete_the_cat 7 points 3 years ago

Cats were working at CNET?

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T156 10 points 3 years ago

It is possible for cats to have non-cat friends.

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