EDIT: The original link is now a 404 because Ars Technica apparently fabricated quotes, or possibly even generated the article in an extreme case of irony.
Here is some context:
https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton/116065459933532659
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/
Here is the original (partially fabricated) archived article if you still want to read it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/
Why link to falsehoods without context?
I didn’t write the article, neither did OP.
If the article is false, well so be it, but at least the supposedly false article was archived.
Sometimes, even if an article proves to be false, readers in the future might still be curious what all the article said or claimed.
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I think it’s best to leave the post link as is. I don’t want to point people to misinformation. I’ve added a post description instead with context and the archive link. If people downvote this post because of the 404, so be it.
That’s actually the even more proper way to handle it, thanks for the update 👍