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Red Ventures is a media company in the United States that owns several outlets, such as the travel guide Lonely Planet and the technology news website CNET.
Red Ventures is a media company in the United States that owns several outlets, such as the travel guide Lonely Planet and the technology news website CNET.
== Incidents ==
==Incidents==
=== AI Generated Articles (2023-2024) ===
===AI Generated Articles (2023-2024)===
{{Quote|''"It's infuriating that Red Ventures' decisions have undermined the quality work done by CNET's writers, editors and producers"'' - [https://futurism.com/wikipedia-cnet-unreliable-ai CNET Media Workers Union] via Futurism (2024)}}
In early 2023, several staff members clarified that CNET was incorporating AI-generated content into its articles without informing users that they were consuming content not created by humans. Many of these articles contained factual errors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurism.com/cnet-ai-articles-label|title=CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn't Disclose That Fact, Staff Say|website=Futurism}}</ref>
In early 2023, several staff members clarified that CNET was incorporating AI-generated content into its articles without informing users that they were consuming content not created by humans. Many of these articles contained factual errors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurism.com/cnet-ai-articles-label|title=CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn't Disclose That Fact, Staff Say|website=Futurism}}</ref>
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Revision as of 00:49, 23 August 2025

Red Ventures
Basic information
Founded 1996
Legal Structure Private
Industry Mass Media
Official website https://www.redventures.com/

Red Ventures is a media company in the United States that owns several outlets, such as the travel guide Lonely Planet and the technology news website CNET.

Incidents

AI Generated Articles (2023-2024)

"It's infuriating that Red Ventures' decisions have undermined the quality work done by CNET's writers, editors and producers" - CNET Media Workers Union via Futurism (2024)

In early 2023, several staff members clarified that CNET was incorporating AI-generated content into its articles without informing users that they were consuming content not created by humans. Many of these articles contained factual errors.[1]

References

  1. "CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn't Disclose That Fact, Staff Say". Futurism.