2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE
NewsBreak Reportedly Published AI-Assisted Articles Containing Purportedly False Local and Community-Service Information
NewsBreak reportedly published AI-assisted local articles containing purportedly false information, including a fabricated Christmas shooting in Bridgeton, New Jersey, incorrect Food to Power distribution times that caused people to be turned away, and nonexistent Harvest912 foot-care clinics. NewsBreak said the errors originated in source material and removed the articles after complaints. The specific AI models and the extent to which they contributed to the inaccuracies were not identified.
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- incident-report
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2023-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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