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AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources (www.tomshardware.com)
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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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[-] uriel238 105 points 1 year ago

I like it that Wikipedia is now an authority on trustworthy citation sources.

[-] EddieTee77@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Somebody needs to be! I like it being them

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I hope people are donating to them from time to time.

[-] deathbird@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

It's not. Which makes this a particularly powerful indictment of a once-reputable mainstream news site.

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