KKK, AI and LA Times

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.
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 Pulls AI Tool One Day After Launch for Downplaying KKK
The LA Times had to remove its new artificial intelligence feature from a story after it downplayed the KKK's racist history
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 After a scandal surrounding an AI-generated defense of the Ku Klux Klan, the feature had to be partially withdrawn.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.
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,
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The L.A. Times adds AI-generated counterpoints to its opinion pieces and guess what, there are problems
The L.A. Times will appear more "objective" if it presents both sides of an issue, even if one side's written by a human and ...
'Quite a few of us out tonight': 'Pop-up Klans' use KKK flyers for attention
The man police cited for dropping KKK flyers in Lincoln Heights said he distributed them to 16 towns along I-75 that night.
LA Times Deploys AI to Contextualize Opinion Pieces
The Los Angeles Times has been at the eye of a media storm since launching an AI-driven feature, “Insights,” in its newly renamed Opinion section, now “Voices.” The paper’s effort to increase reader ...
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Opinion: The KKK isn’t going anywhere, until we fully address our racist roots
To the shock and alarm of many across East Tennessee, more than 2,000 flyers distributed by Ku Klux Klan – ones that grossly encouraged immigrants to "leave now" and "self-deport" – were found ...
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Top 5 Questions About the KKK
Before discussing the most pressing questions people tend to have about the KKK, let me add some background for basic context. The Ku Klux Klan was first formed in 1866, through the efforts of a ...