NJ’s lieutenant governor told PBS, AI says he didn’t commit sexual harassment
The Verge Terrence O’Brien
New Jersey lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell resigned after an investigation found he sexually harassed a staffer and violated ethics rules. On September 25th, he told PBS host Rob Nelson that he ran the findings through multiple AI platforms and claimed it “said” his position 59 times. The public explanation shifts from the investigation’s conclusions to an AI-generated or AI-assisted justification for his conduct, though the report’s findings themselves remain unchanged.
Why it matters
New Jersey's lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell was forced to resign on September 25th after an investigation found he had sexually harassed a staffer and repeatedly violated ethics rules. The now-former Lt. governor has been making the media rounds trying to clear his name. But he took a particularly odd tactic during an interview on NJ […]
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