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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I usually respect ars technical for writing great stories. This time, however, they could've included the name of the app so it wasn't clickbaity. It's newsbreak for those wondering.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Uh... The very first sentence mmmmm

After the most downloaded local news app in the US, NewsBreak, shared an AI-generated story about a fake New Jersey shooting last Christmas Eve, New Jersey police had to post a statement online to reassure troubled citizens that the story was "entirely false," Reuters reported.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right, but the headline doesn't include that to bait you into clicking the article to get that information. Just like every other click bait article about android app issues.