CNET Cuts 10% of Editorial Staff While Expanding AI

On Thursday, CNET began making layoffs to its editorial staff, just weeks after the company was exposed for using AI to produce articles without notifying readers. Some of the staff cuts include several longtime employees, according to The Verge. The layoffs total around a dozen people, a CNET staffer says, or about 10 percent of the editorial staff. In January, Futurism reported that CNET had published dozens of articles since last November that were generated using AI tools. The AI articles were full of errors and plagiarism, and readers were not informed of how they were written.