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Local Irish paper staff say decision to publish AI article on ‘sending refugees home’ was made by UK group

Piece written by Chat GPT entitled ‘Should Refugees in Ireland go home?’ appeared on Iconic Newspaper’s regional digital titles this morning

The headline of the piece, which appeared on Iconic Newspaper’s 20 digital outlets,was later updated to: “Can we trust Artificial Intelligence?”

Local Irish newspapers which published an AI generated story questioning whether refugees should be sent home on their websites have said that they had no editorial say in the matter.

The article titled “OPINION: Should Refugees in Ireland go home?” was published to digital titles belonging to Iconic Newspapers - which owns Irish titles including the Limerick Leader, Dundalk Democrat, Offaly Express and Leinster Leader.

The publication has been criticised by the National Union of ...