Maria Korolov on Fake Stats, Bad Quotes, and Why She Deleted Your Pitch — Part 2
About this episode
Maria Korolov discusses the implications of fabricated AI-generated research in cybersecurity and its impact on journalism and PR practices.
Maria Korolov discovered fully fabricated AI-generated research on a reputable cybersecurity company's blog: fake Gartner stats, fake analyst reports, all of it. The company took it down, but the fake data is still circulating. In Part 2, Maria walks through what happened, what journalists are doing differently because of it, and what PR pros need to know about source credibility, expert quotes, and why she's done with HARO.
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