A little while ago, I read an article from a local online paper.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

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[dawnblackbirds@mastodonapp.uk]

@stefano I’m starting to see a lot of odd errors in news stories: factual, grammar and spelling, that makes me wonder how much of it is written by AI and then not checked for errors. And I’m also wondering how often I read and absorb information from a news article that should be correct, but isn’t.

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[dawnblackbirds@mastodonapp.uk]

@stefano Possibly not, but I am seeing spelling and grammar issues far too often, and it’s only started in the last year or so. Can’t help feeling all three are connected. I’ve read something in the last couple of days about spellcheck going weird because it’s now done by AI, so it is possible.

(Found the article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/01/ducking-annoying-why-has-iphones-autocorrect-function-gone-haywire)

[ef@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano the BBC of all institutions seems to be heavily written by CBS (USA 'partner') and/or AI. Odd terms, out of context terms/words and other weirdness in many articles.