New York Times fabricated Poilievre quote with AI
The New York Times has issued a correction after a journalist used AI to fabricate a quote falsely attributed to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
The left-leaning U.S. legacy media outlet The New York Times has issued an apology and correction after an article published last month fabricated a quote by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre falsely claiming he called floor crossers “turncoats.”
After fabricating the quote, The New York Times issued a correction stating the quote had been paraphrased by an AI tool and that the reporter should have verified its accuracy. The outlet stated that the article has since been updated to include Poilievre’s actual remarks, which called for constituents to be able to petition floor crossers to resign and trigger a byelection.
