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Irish Times removes opinion piece following AI claims

The opinion piece, which claimed fake tan was a form of cultural appropriation, has been removed following claims online that artificial intelligence technology may have written it

Users of Reddit and Twitter have both questioned whether AI tools were used in the creation of the piece. Picture: file

An Irish Times opinion piece has been taken down after a number of people online suggested it may have been the work of an AI chatbot or part of a hoax on the newspaper.

The decision follows claims online by Irish users of Reddit and Twitter that AI tools had been used in the development of the piece, which is attributed to Adriana Acosta-Cortez, an immigrant from Ecuador.

The image of Adriana Acosta-Cortez that has ...