Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities
Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real.
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Rob Waugh
Rob Waugh is one of Britain's leading technology and science journalists, and has written about business and emerging technology for dozens of newspapers, magazines and websites over the past 25 years
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PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation
Trade bodies urge journalists to shun rogue PR operators.
By Named: 50 ‘experts’ and linked brands publishers should treat with caution
Experts and brands associated with more than 1,000 likely faked stories.
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Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network
US PR giant addresses role in circulating hundreds of misleading stories.
By Dubious experts deployed by MyJobQuote published more than 600 times in UK press
Quoted experts do not appear to be real and some have AI-generated profile pictures.
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Google promises Discover ‘fix’ as more fake AI stories top rankings
Discover feed being flooded by fake and ‘deliberately alarming or surprising’ headlines.
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How to spot fake AI-written press releases
Reporters are being bombarded with millions of press releases from virtual PR agencies.
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Google promotes fake content to millions on Discover news platform
Fraudulent sites with no history promoted as trusted publishers to millions by Google.
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Freelance journalists want control over AI using their work, survey reveals
Current situation on AI follows years of freelance journalists ‘signing away’ their rights.
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