New York Times Published AI-Generated Summary as a Real Quote from Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre

Simon Willison's Blog·high signal

The NYT issued an editors' note after discovering that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre was actually an AI-generated summary of his political views, including language he never used (calling politicians 'turncoats'). A reporter used an AI tool to summarize Poilievre's April speech and failed to verify the output before publication — the first major newspaper credibility failure directly caused by AI-generated content.