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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Ruairi Scott Byrne Deputy editor & Cathal Ryan

The Irish Times removes opinion piece on ‘problematic’ fake tan use amid AI generation speculation

The Irish Times has removed an opinion piece from its online site following reports that it may have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Titled, "Irish women's obsession with fake tan is problematic", the article was published on the Irish Times website on Thursday before it was removed from the newspaper's website on Friday.

The opinion piece was published in the Irish Times Opinion section, with the byline Adriana Acosta-Cortez, described as “a 29-year-old healthcare administrator living in North Dublin” originally from Ecuador.

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