I am really confused about this article and responses. We ALL knew this was coming years ago. Fake news, faked photos, faked videos have been out there for EONS

I am really confused about this article and responses. We ALL knew this was coming years ago. Fake news, faked photos, faked videos have been out there for EONS. Kids in school have been using AI to create term papers that don't pass the fact-check. And AI has "hallucinated" since the beginning. Now people are shocked when a news outlet doesn't double-check the sources...