Australian Community Media will take no action against its in-house lawyer who has been implicated in the creation of websites that later published thousands of articles using copy taken from legitimate news outlets.
One of the articles highlighted by Media Watch inadvertently included the AI prompt: “You are an experienced sports journalist. You are required to rewrite the following article. You are required to be extremely detailed. You are required to utilise Australian English spelling., publishes the Canberra Times, the Illawarra Mercury and the Newcastle Herald among its 16 daily and 55 non-daily news brands.
Guardian Australia understands Raptis’s involvement with the sites was not authorised by ACM, but the company will take no action against him.Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersSources say management has accepted his explanation that another person was responsible.
Associate Prof Alexandra Wake, who teaches journalism at RMIT University, said the sites represented the AI “nightmare becoming a reality” for journalism.