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How an AI-written Star Wars story created chaos at Gizmodo

The error-filled story about Star Wars movies and TV shows demonstrates why artificial intelligence shouldn’t be involved in news-gathering, reporters said

A few hours after James Whitbrook clocked into work at Gizmodo on Wednesday, he received a note from his editor in chief: Within 12 hours, the company would roll out articles written by artificial intelligence. Roughly 10 minutes later, a story by “Gizmodo Bot” posted on the site about the chronological order of Star Wars movies and television shows.

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