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AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by DolphinMath@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia.

Considering that CNET has been in the business since 1994 and maintained a top-tier reputation on Wikipedia up until late 2020, this change came after lots of debate between Wikipedia's editors and has drawn the attention of many in the media, including some CNET staff members.

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@lemmy.world 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My friend used to work for CNET. She was laid off along with a decent amount of her coworkers years ago, maybe as much as 10+ IIRC, but yeah - they’ve been going downhill for awhile now and it seems to only be accelerating.

It’s really a shame because they used to be such a trusted source. Enshittification marches on to a steady beat.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

That's not enshittification. It's just getting shittier.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cats were working at CNET?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is possible for cats to have non-cat friends.

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

The politically correct term for those in the cat world is "servant" or "slave".