News site linked to OpenAI super PAC sent bots posing as journalists to interview real people — site has published nearly 100 articles with real quotes gathered by fake writers
The news site The Wire by Acutus has published 94 articles using a fully automated system that employs AI bots posing as journalists to gather quotes from real people. An investigation revealed that the site's content pipeline generates, reviews, and publishes articles in under a minute, with 42 articles published despite being flagged as needing revision. The site is linked to OpenAI's political network through a PR firm executive who promoted its content on social media.
- ▪The Wire by Acutus published 94 articles using AI-generated content and fake journalist personas to collect real quotes from sources.
- ▪An internal AI reviewer flagged 42 articles as needing revision, but all were published without human intervention.
- ▪The site’s public-facing code exposed a complete editorial dashboard and API detailing the automated story production process.
- ▪Investigator Tyler Johnston found the site’s content pipeline could generate and publish articles within 54 seconds of initial review.
- ▪The site’s minimal social media activity was largely driven by Patrick Hynes, president of a PR firm tied to OpenAI’s political operations.
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Tech Industry Artificial Intelligence News site linked to OpenAI super PAC sent bots posing as journalists to interview real people — site has published nearly 100 articles with real quotes gathered by fake writers News By Luke James published 28 April 2026 The site published 42 articles that its own automated reviewer flagged as not ready. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty / Bloomberg) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 2 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter When Nathan Calvin, vice president and general counsel at AI advocacy group Encode, received a press inquiry last week from a…
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