When Fake AI Research Gets Into Real Publications, with Maria Korolov — Part 1
About this episode
Maria Korolov discusses the implications of fake AI research in journalism.
Maria Korolov, an award-winning technology journalist for CIO, CSO, ComputerWorld, and NetworkWorld, shares what a well-managed embargo looks like from a journalist's perspective. In next week's episode (part 2), Maria walks us through the moment she discovered a cybersecurity company's blog post was full of fabricated AI-generated statistics citing reports that don't exist. The fake data got picked up by other publications, and it's still circulating today.
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