Their retraction article makes it crystal clear that their reporters are not allowed to use AI output in articles at all, unless it’s explicitly for demonstration purposes. That rule was broken. They took appropriate action, apologized, and made a commitment to do better.

I, frankly, believe them - ars is the news outlet I’ve frequented longer than any other for a reason. I understand if it’s going to take more for you to believe them, but it’s just one mistake. It’s also not clear to me what they could have done in this situation that would have felt like enough to you? Were you hoping for a play-by-play of who entered what into ChatGPT, or a firing or something?

I’m also not sure I’d consider the saga over. It wouldn’t overly surprise me if at some point this week we get a longer article going into more detail about what happened.