{"id":210870,"date":"2026-02-07T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/editors-notes-artificial-lack-of-intelligence-news-sports-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T01:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:30:10","slug":"editors-notes-artificial-lack-of-intelligence-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/editors-notes-artificial-lack-of-intelligence-news-sports-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Notes: Artificial (lack of) intelligence | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Notes: Artificial (lack of) intelligence | News, Sports, Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.newsandsentinel.com\/opinion\/local-columns\/2026\/02\/editors-notes-artificial-lack-of-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-07 00:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.newsandsentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(Photo Illustration – MetroCreativeConnection – Editor’s Notes by Christina Myer)<\/p>\n

Judging by what I saw on one of my social media feeds at the end of January, quite a few Mid-Ohio Valley residents were exposed to a post that made it appear as though former basketball player for Parkersburg South High School and University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers Head Coach Kim Caldwell had big plans in Parkersburg for some of her money.<\/p>\n

It looked believable enough. Seemed like it came from a reputable Tennessee organization, but as one reporter who was assigned to look into the story discovered, there were a lot of pop-ups to click and hoops to jump through if a person wanted to try to read more of the \u201cstory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people shared the fake post. But here in the newsroom, we had the luxury of being able to quickly go to the source.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s AI. Thank you for checking!\u201d Caldwell told another of our reporters when we contacted her Monday.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence hallucinations and other forms of fakery have gotten more prevalent and more convincing on social media in such a short period of time that trusting readers have a hard time keeping up.<\/p>\n

It has only been a generation or two ago that media organizations held themselves to such a high standard that consumers of information could be reasonably certain what they were seeing, hearing and reading was as accurate as the presenter could make it. If something was inaccurate, it was a mistake, not a deliberate attempt to mislead.<\/p>\n

We here at the newspapers continue to hold ourselves to the standard that we must be as accurate, thorough and fair as possible; and if we make a mistake, we will correct it. We owe it to you to keep earning your trust that way.<\/p>\n

Most of the rest of you could not have called Caldwell upon seeing the social media post to confirm its authenticity. But what CAN you do?<\/p>\n

As one of our reporters put it, it\u2019s almost a good…<\/p>\n

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