Christine Boyd

Christine Boyd

@christineboyd.bsky.social

Senior producer with CBC Transformation Office; longtime journalist with CBCNews.ca and CBC Calgary, Globe and Mail. Pickleball, kayaking and film aficionado.

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Inside a Surrey ‘Local News’ Site Run by AI | The Tyee Surrey Speak published fake news about a mayoral candidate and an AI-generated picture of a real murder victim.

🚨 "Pink Slime" news has hit BC 🇨🇦

A deep dive by @thetyee.ca and @theijf.org shows how "Surrey Speak" uses AI to:

• Hallucinate photos of murder victims.
• Fabricate political scandals.
• Churn out "news" with zero oversight.

#CdnMedia #Journalism #AI #MediaEthics

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The WSJ just released a terrifying look at how gen AI can "break" a person. The lawsuit argues this 36-year-old had no history of mental illness — he was just a guy using a bot for help during a divorce. Within six weeks, the AI's design systematically dismantled his grip on reality, it alleges.

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