AI Plagiarism Scandal Rocks Journalism

0:00It's April 8th. I'm Corey with The Story. This is Europe News Today, driven by AI and built for the continent. Last week, journalism faced some serious heat over AI and plagiarism. A New York Times book review of a novel called Watching Over Her, here lifted big chunks from a guardian piece word for word. The freelance writer, Alex Preston, owned up to using AI and got cut loose by the paper right away. Meanwhile, a company named Nota that runs AI-powered news sites in underserved areas got busted too. Some of their stories copy copyrighted material from other outlets. They quickly shut down 11 sites and fired one reporter to clean house. Folks in the industry are freaking out because journalism prizes itself on ethics, especially at places like The New York Times. AI tools trained on the same data make originality tough, turning creative work into something that feels copied even when it's not. It's like fast food for the brain, no real substance. Then there's open AI pulling the plug on their Sora app, which made realistic videos

1:04from text prompts. Despite hype and a billion dollar Disney deal, costs were too high, and they shifted focus to compete with rivals like Anthropic. This all points to AI acting like a parasite on creative fields right now, feeding off existing work without giving back. Our creators might want to steer clear until copyrights catch up and tools respect