ND Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (infosec.exchange)
555 points by robin_reala 19 days ago | 6 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The post discusses Ars Technica's fabrication of quotes and their subsequent removal of the story.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
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Audit Trail 11 entries
2026-03-05 10:23 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 10:23 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 10:15 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.457 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 10:15 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.46 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-01 07:57 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-03-01 07:57 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.30 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-01 07:57 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive) -0.20
reasoning
CO neutral media critique
2026-03-01 07:55 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-03-01 07:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial stance on journalistic integrity and accuracy
2026-03-01 07:52 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-01 07:52 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
CO neutral media critique