OpenAI's super PAC is funding an AI-generated news site that attacks industry critics
OpenAI's super PAC is funding AI-generated news site attacking industry critics
An investigation reveals that Acutus, a news site launched in December 2025, is almost entirely AI-generated, with 69% of its articles flagged as fully AI-generated and only 3 of 94 as human-authored. The site's operators left code exposing an AI-driven editorial pipeline, including an 'AI interviewer' that emails real people for quotes. Evidence links the site to Republican PR firm Novus Public Affairs, whose president, Patrick Hynes, appears as a quoted source. OpenAI's super PAC is reportedly funding the site to advance its political agenda.
Michael Chen, it turns out, almost certainly isn’t a real reporter. And Acutus, it turns out, almost certainly doesn’t have any real reporters at all.