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 | shortcut		= WP:CNET
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 | last			= 2025
 | domain1		= cnet.com

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 | rfcdate		= 2024

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== Summary ==
Concerns over ''CNET''{{'}}s advertiser-driven editorial content remain unresolved. Separately, in November 2022, it began deploying an experimental AI tool to rapidly generate articles riddled with factual inaccuracies and affiliate links, with the purpose of increasing [[SEO]] [[Search engine results page|rankings]]. CNET never formally disclosed its use of AI until ''[[Futurism (website)|Futurism]]'' and ''[[The Verge]]'' published reports exposing its actions. An AI tool now announced to be paused wrote more than 70 finance-related articles and published them under the byline "CNET Money Staff", over half of which received corrections after mounting pressure. In August 2024 CNET was purchased by [[Ziff Davis]], which may mean that the reasons for considering it unreliable may no longer apply.

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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===

==== RSN ====
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* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 398#Beware: CNet running AI-generated articles, byline "CNet Money"]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 453#CNET and ZDNET are now under Ziff Davis ownership. Should they get a new chance or continue be considered too unreliable?]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 485#CNET’s Reliability Status Should Be Reconsidered Ten Months After Ownership Change]]

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=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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# 2024 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 430#RfC: Red Ventures|Rfc]]

# 2025 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 471#Videos by CNET|Rfc]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gu" id="CNET (November 2022–present)"
| <span id="CNET"></span> ''[[CNET]]'' (November 2022{{snd}}present) {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:CNET}}
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| {{rsnl|430|RfC: Red Ventures|2024|rfc=y}} {{rsnl|471|Videos by CNET|2025|rfc=y}}
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| Concerns over ''CNET''{{'}}s advertiser-driven editorial content remain unresolved. Separately, in November 2022, it began deploying an experimental AI tool to rapidly generate articles riddled with factual inaccuracies and affiliate links, with the purpose of increasing [[SEO]] [[Search engine results page|rankings]]. CNET never formally disclosed its use of AI until ''[[Futurism (website)|Futurism]]'' and ''[[The Verge]]'' published reports exposing its actions. An AI tool now announced to be paused wrote more than 70 finance-related articles and published them under the byline "CNET Money Staff", over half of which received corrections after mounting pressure. In August 2024 CNET was purchased by [[Ziff Davis]], which may mean that the reasons for considering it unreliable may no longer apply.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|cnet.com}}
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