NewsBreak, the most downloaded news app in the United States, has come under scrutiny for publishing erroneous stories generated by artificial intelligence. The app, which has Chinese origins and is backed by investors in San Francisco and Beijing, has published at least 40 inaccurate stories since 2021. These stories include a fabricated report about a small-town shooting in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on Christmas Eve. A May 2022 company memo from a NewsBreak consultant to its CEO raised concerns about the use of AI tools to re-publish stories from local news sites under five fictitious bylines. The app's AI-driven content has also affected local charities such as Food to Power and Harvest912. NewsBreak has acknowledged the errors and attributed them to incorrect source material, stating that it takes swift action to remove inaccurate information.
NewsBreak, Most Downloaded US News App, Caught Sharing 'Entirely False' AI-Generated Stories https://t.co/fOQH7C1CcN
Newsbreak is the most downloaded news app in America. It began life as the US subsidiary of a Chinese news app, but it is now writing ‘fiction’ with the help of AI, @pearswick reports https://t.co/4vXpfSe0uZ
How the most-downloaded news app in the US with Chinese roots published a Christmas Eve shooting story using AI that was false ⬇️ https://t.co/zwYYf1yV9e
NewsBreak: Most downloaded US news app has Chinese roots and 'writes fiction' using AI https://t.co/rfuIcornRv
Top news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated news. According to Reuters, NewsBreak's AI tool, which scrapes the web and helps rewrite local news stories, has been used to publish at least 40 misleading or erroneous stories since 2021. https://t.co/EYc96zunI3
From a small-town Christmas Eve shooting that never happened, to incorrect food distribution times at a Colorado-based food bank, the most-downloaded news app in the US published at least 40 erroneous stories using AI: https://t.co/g2pk31A5aK https://t.co/fkLXcC97Jc
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A company memo from a NewsBreak consultant to its CEO, reviewed by @Reuters, raised concerns about NewsBreak's use of AI tools. Here's how the most-downloaded news app in the US published a false Christmas Eve shooting story using AI ⬇️https://t.co/b0mJEgmfTn
YIKES: @newsbreakApp, somehow the top news app in US has 🇨🇳Chinese origins. Has put out purely fake, AI written stories. Main audience: predominantly women over 45 living in suburban & rural areas without college degrees. Main investors raise eyebrows: Beijing-based IDG… https://t.co/zdq9ckjkCh
A Wednesday Reuters report found that NewsBreak used AI at least 40 times since 2021 to publish inaccurate stories, post stories from other sources under fake bylines, and take content from competitors. https://t.co/M21J1XvXW2
NewsBreak, a popular app with Chinese roots, published a Christmas Eve New Jersey shooting story that turned out to be false, using AI. When it publishes inaccurate information, the company says it takes swift action to remove it https://t.co/8JfA0QOV4a https://t.co/cahAkMH7N0
China-linked news app NewsBreak used AI to write 40+ inaccurate local US stories since 2021, and adds a note that its content "may not always be error-free" (Reuters) https://t.co/DcHvdxerIz https://t.co/DbbiKvB9CW
NewsBreak, the most-downloaded news app in the US, has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI. It once wrote about a small-town New Jersey shooting that never happened, authorities said. Read the full story ⬇️https://t.co/rzXXoBneBH
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Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China, published a piece about a small-town New Jersey shooting. The problem was, no such shooting took place. Authorities said the app ‘writes fiction’ with AI https://t.co/oLPajBbdkJ https://t.co/CS6E7jDPxn
"A May 2022 company memo from a NewsBreak consultant to Zheng, reviewed by Reuters, raised concerns about NewsBreak's use of AI tools to re-publish stories from local news sites under five fictitious bylines. "I cannot think of a faster way to destroy the NewsBreak brand," Norm…
Newsbreak, top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI https://t.co/tt3HWCvcVP
Billing itself as ‘the go-to source for all things local,’ NewsBreak says it has over 50 million monthly users. But the app’s AI has resulted in some erroneous stories. NewsBreak blames incorrect source material https://t.co/c102H7JQCX https://t.co/mfEdy3dYR3
A popular Chinese origin AI generated news site publishes news that is sometimes wrong, taken from other news sources. https://t.co/ATfZXy1qOi
NewsBreak is a privately held start-up, whose primary backers are in San Francisco and Beijing. It’s the most-downloaded news app in the US. And, using AI, it has also published erroneous stories, @pearswick writes https://t.co/IW04VGnYGe
🚨NEW: Last Christmas Eve, @newsbreakApp, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the U.S. published an alarming piece about a small town shooting headlined "Christmas Day Tragedy Strikes Bridgeton, New Jersey Amid Rising Gun Violence in Small…
🚨 🇺🇸BREAKING: NEWSBREAK PUBLISHES FICTION WITH AI | TIES TO CHINA NewsBreak, the most downloaded news app in the US, with Chinese roots and AI-driven content, has faced numerous issues, including erroneous articles affecting local charities like Food to Power and Harvest912.… https://t.co/ZCuDuRqFHA
Insight: Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI https://t.co/BHJYcmsO6f https://t.co/UAEbjXXQCP
🔵 TOP NEWS APP IN US HAS CHINESE ORIGINS AND ‘WRITES FICTION’ WITH THE HELP OF AI Full Story → https://t.co/TB1Mc6Qoeg Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a… https://t.co/ACMYibQXBm
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