KKK, Los Angeles Times and AI

The LA Times’ new AI tool sympathized with the KKK. Its owner wasn’t aware until hours later
The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, who unveiled an AI tool that generates opposing perspectives to be displayed on Opinion stories, was unaware the new tool had created pro-KKK arguments less than 24 hours after it launched — and hours after the AI comments had been taken down.
It only took a day for LA Times' new AI tool to sympathize with the KKK
Insights, a new Los Angeles Times AI-powered summary and "bias meter" tool, offered a rosy perspective on the Ku Klux Klan in Orange County.
L.A. Times pulls new AI tool off article after it defends the KKK
The brand-new Los Angeles Times artificial intelligence feature didn’t exactly get off to the best start. The long-touted feature named “Insights” launched this week for the paper’s opinion articles and is designed to “offer readers an instantly accessible way to see a wide range of different AI-enabled perspectives alongside the positions presented in the article.
LA Times Pulls AI Tool One Day After Launch for Downplaying KKK
The Los Angeles Times removed its new artificial intelligence feature from one of its articles on Tuesday — only 24 hours following its debut — after it shared a perspective downplaying the Ku Klux Klan's racist history.
LA Times AI defends the Ku Klux Klan
After suggesting the KKK may not be a hate-based movement, the LA Times has removed the feature from their article on the Klan. Having done exactly what it was asked to do, offer different perspectives,
MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK
The Los Angeles Times removed its new AI-powered “insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan. Columnist Gustavo Arellano’s Feb. 25 column reflected on Anaheim’s history with the hate group after the city’s council did not acknowledge the 100th anniversary of booting four Klan-affiliated council members from the group.
LA Times AI tool lasts just one day before generating sympathetic view of the KKK
The Los Angeles Times has introduced a new AI-supported tool for the political evaluation of opinion articles. After a scandal surrounding an AI-generated defense of the Ku Klux Klan, the feature had to be partially withdrawn.
It didn't take long for the L.A. Times' new AI to defend the KKK
As hard as it is to believe, the L.A. Times’ controversial new AI pivoted to racism within 24 hours of launch.
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LA Times Uses AI to Provide "Different Views" on the KKK
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100 years ago, Anaheim recalled its KKK city council. Why don’t we remember?
It was the most consequential election in the city’s history, yet there has been no commemoration of the anniversary. Not a ...