In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia.
Considering that CNET has been in the business since 1994 and maintained a top-tier reputation on Wikipedia up until late 2020, this change came after lots of debate between Wikipedia’s editors and has drawn the attention of many in the media, including some CNET staff members.
Shame. I remember when they were one of my favorite tech sites.
Me too! The problem is that we are running out of good tech sites. They’re all getting bought and turning into SEO spam
In recent months, 404media has been popular among lemmings. I think those articles were ok. Maybe they could fill the void left by cnet.