In January 2023, Futurism discovered that CNET — a major technology news site — had been quietly publishing dozens of AI-generated financial explainer articles since November 2022, with no AI disclosure. The articles were bylined 'CNET Money Staff.' When the AI content was reviewed, fact-checkers found a significant percentage contained factual errors, including wrong interest rate calculations and incorrect statements about how financial products worked. CNET appended corrections to more than half the AI-generated articles. The editor-in-chief said the program was meant to 'free up time' for human journalists. Staff journalists, who had not been told about the program, were furious.