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Cosmos magazine’s AI-generated articles are bad for trust in science | Jackson Ryan

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Last week , it was revealed staff and contributors to Cosmos magazine claim they weren’t consulted about the rollout of explainer articles billed as having been written by generative artificial intelligence.

The controversy has provided a dizzying sense of deja vu.

CSIRO Publishing dismissed concerns that the AI service was trained on contributors’ articles.

But the lack of internal transparency and consultation has left journalists and contributors feeling betrayed and angry.

The backlash has been swift, once again, with journalists weighing in.

If the audience doesn’t want to read AI-generated content, who is it being made for? This is the first question that needs to be answered when rolling out AI .

Only 17% of Australians are comfortable with news produced “mostly by AI ’s” models.

Only 25% of respondents were comfortable with AI being used specifically for science and technology reporting.