More developments:

Scott talks about how Ars Technica published an article on the subject with AI hallucinated quotes, discusses theories on why the original piece was posted and by whom, and the overall effectiveness of it.

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/

February 16, 2026 - 18:07 UTC

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This AI revolution is the ultimate victory for speed over accuracy. That applies to journalism as well as software development. In both cases, though, good enough will have drastic consequences.
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Very unusual for Ars. They've been a light in the dark tech news industry. What matters next IMHO is how Ars fixes this going forward.
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Oof! A couple of the comments in Ars' post about the retraction are giving Ars kudos for holding up to their "journalistic standards".

Give me a brark! They failed at meeting their journalistic standards when they chose to publish the original. Owning up to the mistake is the absolute bare minimum.
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Indeed -- the classic "We'll try to do better in the future" ...
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