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During Thursday’s segment about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was AI-generated. Klein has written about the proliferation of the fake quote on her Substack and joins Democracy Now! to discuss the growing difficulty of verifying online information.

“These companies are creating digital doppelgangers of us, trying to monetize our identities,” says Klein. “One wonders how we’re ever going to get out of this house of mirrors unless companies are forced to label AI-generated work.”


This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Citations

[1] “Digital Doppelgangers”: Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Generated Quote | Democracy Now! ➤ http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/31/naomi_klein_ai_quote[2] “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms | Democracy Now! ➤ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/30/max_tegmark[3]https://naomiklein.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-substack