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chrismorgan ◴[] No.45899143[source]
The current title (“Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article”) isn’t correct, it wasn’t the prompt that was printed, but trailing chatbot fluff:

> If you want, I can also create an even snappier “front-page style” version with punchy one-line stats and a bold, infographic-ready layout—perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next?

The article in question is titled “Auto sales rev up in October” and is an exceedingly dry slab of statistic-laden prose, of the sort that LLMs love to err in (though there’s no indication of whether they have or not), and for which alternative (non-prose) presentations can be drastically better. Honestly, if the entire thing came from “here’s tabular data, select insights and churn out prose”… I can understand not wanting to do such drudgework.

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wg0 ◴[] No.45899255[source]
Thank you, yes that's accurate and I am not sure if article itself is accurate. Don't think so it would have no incorrect stats.

By "AI prompt" I mean "prompted by AI"

Edit: Note about prompt's nature.

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nashashmi ◴[] No.45899554[source]
It might be better to mention “Dawn newspaper” instead of “Pakistani newspaper”.
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nomdep ◴[] No.45900269[source]
Only Pakistanis knew from where the Dawn newspaper is, so the current title is more informative
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1. rat9988 ◴[] No.45901165[source]
It doesn't matter much in which country it is located actually. It also provides less information.
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2. mh- ◴[] No.45902017[source]
How does including the country of origin provide less information than omitting it?
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3. nashashmi ◴[] No.45903727[source]
Does omitting the brand provide more information? Newspaper brand is more relevant than the country.
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