20250730 - CSIRO posts AI-fake climate article with made-up quotes

Lazy writer — or the Cosmos 'custom AI service' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/30/csiro-posts-ai-fake-climate-article-with-made-up-quotes/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: "WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?" https://bsky.app/profile/davidho.bsky.social/post/3lv4mul63mk2z A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world's seas? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/10/ocean-does-experimental-technology-saving-seas-acidification-geoengineering "Posted below that story is another story by the same author, published a few days ago." https://bsky.app/profile/davidho.bsky.social/post/3lv5utuyoic2j Cosmos magazine moves to CSIRO Publishing https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2024/june/cosmos-magazine-moves-to-csiro-publishing Cosmos Magazine publishes AI-generated articles, drawing criticism from journalists, co-founders https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-08-08/csiro-cosmos-magazine-generating-articles-using-ai/104186330 A new future for Cosmos Magazine https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/a-new-future-for-cosmos-magazine/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA