Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

Ars Technica
By Ken FisherFeb 15, 2026, 1:09 pm80 ptsTrending
On Friday afternoon, Ars Technica published an article containing fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool and attributed to a source who did not say them. That is a serious failure of our standards. Direct quotations must always reflect what a source actually said. That this happened at Ars is especially…

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