Link: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/

Backstory here: https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-fabricated-quotes-about-ai-generated-article/

Personally I think this is a good response. I hope they stay true to it in the future.

I read them regularly for years until they started banning folk in the forums for pointing out how problematic it is for Eric Berger to still be slobbering on Elon's knob.

Don't think I'm missing much, though I do miss Beth Mole.

Ars Technica is sorry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0EL_u4nvw

For the most part, the comments I have removed on this thread have been removed for violating Beehaw's only rule: Be(e) Nice.

I have zero problem with people criticizing this journalist. I do have a problem with users attacking one another or using misogynist language (it's possible in that case there's a cultural disconnect. I'm from the US, where "cunt" is a pretty serious gendered insult. I know it's not considered as big of a deal in other english speaking places, but frankly I've been getting enough reports on this thread that I'm getting a bit sick of dealing with it in general)