🤖Mitch’s newsletter 3.3.2026

  • I have no idea why I put a 2028 date on the first two editions of this new and allegedly improved newsletter. My brain is leading a life of its own and not telling me what it’s doing.



Ars Technica Fires Reporter Over AI-Generated Quotes.

My reaction on reading the headline: “Hell yeah! Kick that sad bastard to the curb!”

But the article provides details that make the situation more complicated:

The reporter was working while sick in bed with Covid and a fever.

The quotes were paraphrases, not complete fabrications

Yes, what that reporter did was wrong and unprofessional and he has acknowledged that publicly and apologized on social media.

Where was his manager to tell him that he was impaired and should just stay in bed and watch YouTube?




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2026-03-03