A news source connected to OpenAI seems to be completely AI-generated.

The Wire by Acutus is a news website that almost exclusively uses information created by artificial intelligence, according to a recent report from The Midas Project’s Model Republic newsletter. Since its launch at the end of 2025, the publication has published about 100 articles in the fields of technology, energy, media, science, business, and healthcare. Even more bizarre, their About page refers to their work as “collaborative journalism” under the direction of a “editorial team,” but the website lacks a masthead and does not give credit to any editors or journalists in its publications.

Their How It Works contains the formal justification for this anonymity. However, journalist Tyler Johnston found out how widely AI was used when he ran the site’s content through Pangram, an AI detection tool with a 99.98% accuracy rating: “Of the 94 articles, 69% came back flagged as fully AI-generated, with another 28% flagged as partially AI-generated.” There were just three articles that were categorized as human-authored.

When Johnston examined the material itself, which was largely supportive of the advancement of artificial intelligence and contemptuous of those who opposed it, his misgivings increased. For instance, one article cautions against “Escalating Anti-AI Radicalism,” while another asks, “Will Republicans Let Blue States Set America’s AI Rules?”

The image became more distinct the more Johnston delved. The Wire is a relatively new website with minimal social media footprint, therefore articles are rarely retweeted. However, Johnston found that Patrick Hynes, the president of Novus Public Affairs, accounted for 50% of the site’s participation on X. They represent Targeted Victory, the consulting firm at the center of OpenAI’s lobbying operations in Washington on behalf of its regulatory interests, according to a cursory look at their client list.

Our shared understanding of reality has already been shattered by generative artificial intelligence. If you have enough processing power, you can make false trailers for movies that have never been created and never will be, use a politician’s voice for a deepfake, or even make up a ridiculous, improbable scenario, like a shark attacking a plane, to trick at least some gullible internet beginners.