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Rob Waugh

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
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Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Rob Waugh

    Prominent art therapist quoted by Vice, Forbes and others is AI-generated (opens the original)

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    A supposed art therapist who was widely quoted on psychological topics by news outlets around the world has been removed from journalist response service Qwoted after her details were found to be false. Press Gazette analysis suggests her profile photograph and much of her output are AI-generated. We have also been unable to verify that she exists. ‘Dr Eleni Nicolaou’ has appeared more than 30 times in the media in recent months, in publications including: — Tom’s Guide (on the benefits of sunli

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Rob Waugh

    Tech websites remove articles after failing to verify journalists exist (opens the original)

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    Press Gazette has raised questions about four more prolific finance journalists who have so far been unable to verify their identities and have written for a number of well-known journalism brands. The new investigation follows Press Gazette’s report into four other finance journalists who together have more than 1,000 published articles and who, three months on, have not come forward to verify that they exist. Again the questionable freelances have a history of writing positive stories about cr

  3. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Rob Waugh

    Fake Forbes websites and the PR agency offering guaranteed coverage - at a price (opens the original)

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    Two fake and largely AI-generated websites purporting to be published by Forbes appear to be packed with paid-for promotional content. PR agency Baden Bower appears to be connected to the sites and also to an organisation called the Global Recognition Awards. A representative from Baden Bower appeared to offer Press Gazette guaranteed placement on the fake site Forbes LA in exchange for a fee. Baden Bower and the Global Recognition Awards also appear to be connected to apparently fake and largel

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Rob Waugh

    Journalist response platform plays 'whack-a-mole' against AI deluge of PR content (opens the original)

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    US-based journalist response platform Qwoted has banned hundreds of PR agencies, executives and ‘experts’ who either appear not to exist, use AI to write or opine on areas outside their expertise. CEO of Qwoted Dan Simon said fake AI-generated content is booming and weeding it out is complicated. “Zooming out for a second, you’ve got real agencies representing fake experts with fake expertise. You’ve got real agencies with fake experts and real agencies with real experts with fake expertise, and

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Rob Waugh

    US copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world (opens the original)

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    Copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world and Google is allowing this to happen Last month, an entity called DRF Corporation (or someone anonymous acting on its behalf) filed a request under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act against a Press Gazette story which contained criticism of casino SEO company Clickout Media. It immediately vanished from Google search results after DRF falsely claimed it was copied from a Reddit post about another subject entirely. It

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