Business Insider Pulls 40+ Essays After Getting Conned By AI-Using Scammers

AI-generated image by Freepik via Freepik. Article by Karl Bode. Techdirt – September 11, 2025.

Earlier this month, we noted how Wired and Business Insider were among a half-dozen or so major news organizations that were busted publishing fake journalism by fake journalists using AI to make up completely bogus people, narratives, and stories. The Press Gazette found that at least six outlets were conned by a fraudster going by the name of “Margaux Blanchard.” A week later and the scandal is much bigger than originally stated. […]

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