>>>>>"What Chatham Management [McClatchy] seems not to understand is that the public can see through this strategy. Readers know the difference between journalism produced by people who care about their communities and a stream of cheaply produced, AI-generated knock-offs. And when readers lose faith in a newspaper, they stop paying attention, and, ultimately, stop paying for it."

I am among the McClatchy journalists withholding my byline from AI-generated content. I cover sensitive stories that should never be repackaged or altered in any way by artificial intelligence. Whether the story is about sexual abuse or immigrants caged at Alligator Alcatraz, our journalists take great care to ensure that their material is accurate, fair and conveys invaluable aspects of humanity that AI simply can't do.