This isn’t really anything new (as has been pointed out). AI will make this kind of impersonation a lot easier, and harder to detect (I think the xz utils hacke

This isn’t really anything new (as has been pointed out). AI will make this kind of impersonation a lot easier, and harder to detect (I think the xz utils hacker spent a bunch of time manufacturing a fake back trail. AI will make that stuff much easier). It really is up to the journalist to verify their sources. It’s really common for corporate marketing departments to write copy wholesale, so their corporate glossary gets pumped.