'Google is testing a new AI technology codenamed "Genesis" that can generate news articles, according to The New York Times. The tech giant has reportedly demonstrated the tool not just for The Times, but also for executives at The Washington Post and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal. Based on reports from people who witnessed the pitch, Genesis can whip up copy from the data fed to it, whether it's current events or other types of information. ... Some of the people who saw the demonstration described it as "unsettling."'
If they have solved the 'fact hallucination' problem then that would be impressive and a great step forward for LLMs.
If they have not solved the 'fact hallucination' problem, do we really want news stories written by programs that do not know fact from fiction?