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Aug 30, 2023
Gannett paused its LedeAI sports writer after recaps published with unfilled placeholders like [[WINNING_TEAM_MASCOT]]
In August 2023 Gannett papers, starting with the Columbus Dispatch, published AI-written high school sports recaps from LedeAI that left template placeholders unfilled ('the Worthington Christian [[WINNING_TEAM_MASCOT]] defeated ...'), repeated phrasing, and called a close game a 'close encounter of the athletic kind.' The stories were mocked widely, and Gannett paused LedeAI across all its local markets.