Load data.com now using Ai to write articles?

[Rphanks]

12/12/25 UPDATE: THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE SEE MY NEW POST BELOW

I received a Wolf publishing e-mail yesterday (the publishers of Rifle and Handloader magazines and Loaddata.com). These almost always have links to decent articles so I took a look. Sure enough, there was an article about H1000 powder that sounded interesting so I pulled it up. As I read through it, something seemed fishy to me, like it was written by AI maybe. Things like first stating how temperature stable the powder is, then later recommending that loads with this powder should be kept climate controlled. Also this: "I triple-checked my load data, especially since I was dealing with such a slow powder." Not statements a real handloader would make.

This piqued my interest so I clicked on the link for the article "A Reloaders Perspective on IMR4895". Again this article didn't have the ring of a real gun writer. The shocker came next. At the bottom of the article was the PROOF that this was AI generated! The AI response is still in the article. It wasn't edited out! I've pasted it below or just go look at the last paragraph yourself, it just posted on Dec 8th and is still up. https://loaddata.com/Article/LoadDevelopment/A-Reloaders-Perspective-on-IMR-4895/2782



What is the world coming to? OK, Rant over.....

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[Nosferatu]

LLMs are a very useful, modern tool to help with research and writing. I'm not sure what the problem is.

 

[ARFrog]

One does need to be careful when using AI and be sure to double check and verify.

Had a situation the last few days where a homeowner's association was making demands for specific rental information in a HOA complex. When I did not provide all of what they asked for, I was: threatened with a hearing and fines; was quoted with the pertinent CC&Rs paragraph Section 2.5.3 that required the information; and provided a copy of the CC&Rs.

In looking at the actual CC&R copy, the quoted paragraph was not to be found. In fact, the Sections jumped from 2.5.2 to 2.6 with nothing in between because they were vacant place holders.

When I pointed this out to the HOA staff, they found that instead of looking up the pertinent information themselves, they did an AI inquiry to find the appropriate text. The AI created paragraphs 2.5.3, 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 and added them to the CC&Rs because it thought they were a better fit than the actual language.

So, what is the take away? AI lies!

Personally, I would not trust it with things that go BOOM...

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I have always believed that AI would end up killing people, I just had no idea how willingly some folks would let it

 

[Camelfilter]

One does need to be careful when using AI and be sure to double check and verify.

Had a situation the last few days where a homeowner's association was making demands for specific rental information in a HOA complex. When I did not provide all of what they asked for, I was: threatened with a hearing and fines; was quoted with the pertinent CC&Rs paragraph Section 2.5.3 that required the information; and provided a copy of the CC&Rs.

In looking at the actual CC&R copy, the quoted paragraph was not to be found. In fact, the Sections jumped from 2.5.2 to 2.6 with nothing in between because they were vacant place holders.

When I pointed this out to the HOA staff, they found that instead of looking up the pertinent information themselves, they did an AI inquiry to find the appropriate text. The AI created paragraphs 2.5.3, 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 and added them to the CC&Rs because it thought they were a better fit than the actual language.

So, what is the take away? AI lies!

Personally, I would not trust it with things that go BOOM...

So AI created a threat of violence against you (using manufactured/ fake legal action - which is a threat of violence if you do not comply. IMO).

Pretty darned scary!!

 

[ScottInPDX]

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LLMs are a very useful, modern tool to help with research and writing. I'm not sure what the problem is.

It can be a useful tool, but its output requires careful review. Leaving the rewrite suggestions at the end of the article shows that a thorough review was not conducted.

So like most tool problems, the main problem is people not using it correctly.

 

[dangerranger60]

AI was tasked with writing a hit piece for a magazine. it was about another famous writer. not only did AI write the hit piece but it also wrote the articles that it referenced to back up its claim! I'm thinking he has a winning day in court coming up.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

AI was tasked with writing a hit piece for a magazine. it was about another famous writer. not only did AI write the hit piece but it also wrote the articles that it referenced to back up its claim! I'm thinking he has a winning day in court coming up.

That came up in Congressional testimony and at least lawsuit as well were an agency/attorney submitted documents that relied on made up AI references

 

[WillametteWill]

LLMs are a very useful, modern tool to help with research and writing. I'm not sure what the problem is.

The massive problem is that AI articles make falsehoods sound believable. For example, I asked AI how long Michael Jordan could stay in the air during a dunk. The answer was .92 seconds and that the average person can jump and spend about 1 second in the air. Whisky Tango Foxtrot.

I just asked again for fun. Jordan is still at .92 but us humans are now at .53.

Bringing this to reloading. Oh, sorry about that; it was supposed to be 53 grains, not 100. Hope you still have all your fingers. I'm not a Luddite, but this AI crap is way out of control for what it is being used for.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

 

[Rphanks]

Update - 12/12/25.
Wolf Publishing does NOT publish Ai written content. I sent an e-mail questioning the two articles and got a reply the next morning. Wolf Publishing wrote me back and thanked me for bringing these two articles to their attention. Their newsletters are produced and sent out by an IT service that they hire. The IT service is SUPPOSED to pull articles from previously published Wolf Publishing materials, ALL of which are written by actual human beings with tons of handloading and shooting experience.

An employee at their IT service decided to try a little Ai experiment. The employee Ai generated and then published the two Ai written articles without the permission of Wolf Publishing. They thanked me for bringing this to their attention and let me know in no uncertain terms that this shouldn't have happened, was done without their permission or knowledge (indeed, against their express instructions) and that the service will be terminated if anything similar happens again.

The articles were pulled immediately and were sent to digital hell were they belong. Wolf Publishing is a small family owned business that cares about its readers and seems to be as outraged as I was about what happened. Its encouraging to know that this wasn't some corporate cost cutting measure as I originally suspected, but some too smart whippersnapper overstepping their bounds. Hard to get good help these days......

Rant Retracted!!!!!!