Of course, we have no way of proving that: you will have to trust the credibility of the Otago Daily Times. It has been supplanted by "Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year — Voyager Media Awards 2025", but that does not mean we regard credibility or trust any the less; such awards only come when a newspaper is trusted. The trust of our readers is the bedrock that this newspaper and other Allied Media titles is built on. But the Otago Daily Times does not live in a media vacuum. Dr Lensen’s main fear — and also ours — is that such AI piffle could also erode trust in legitimate news sources.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 09, 2026 16:00 UTC