While some see AI as a tool to be used, its specific use and how it is deployed responsibly is being heavily debated online across a wide range of industries.
In terms of journalistic content, and in this particular instance, reviews, review aggregator Metacritic has taken a firm stance on content published and submitted to their platform, that have been generated by artificial intelligence in some way.
In a statement by co-founder Marc Doyle, sent to Gamereactor, he says this:
"Metacritic has been a reputable review source for a quarter century and has maintained a rigorous vetting process when adding new publications to our slate of critics. However, in certain instances such as a publication being sold or a writing staff having turned over, problems can arise such as plagiarism, theft, or other forms of fraud including AI-generated reviews. Metacritic's policy is to never include an AI-generated critic review on Metacritic and if we discover that one has been posted, we'll remove it immediately and sever ties with that publication indefinitely pending a thorough investigation."
So, what is this about specifically? Well, it's probably a sound guess, that this pertains to Videogamer's review of Resident Evil 9: Requiem, which was removed from the platform after a barrage of comments accusing the review of being AI-written, and for the author of being made up. This was initially reported by Kotaku.
There are also a bunch of pretty telling screenshots of the author pages on Videogamer, which submitted the review, which Metacritic and others claim is AI-written.
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