alt Hacker News> Those in control of it aren't able to distinguish factual reporting today.
Can't tell if you're referring to media outlets or AI companies here.
I do remember this incident - it was an embarrassment for the outlets that jumped on that story. Especially because the general public has come to know there is a overriding tendency towards sensationalism.
But surely this is very different from actual outright propaganda operations?
I'm talking about the media companies. AI companies aren't any better at it, but at least they don't go around sanctimoniously claiming to be the source of truth in the same way as journalists do.
And it isn't different than outright propaganda operations because it is an outright propaganda operation. If you read the link in my comment, you will see that the report is just repeating claims from the government nearly verbatim.