Company seeking subsidies circulates fake study
Jul 13 2023
Company seeking subsidies circulates fake study
Plastics manufacturer gave Lockport IDA board members a summary of a study that touted the safety of one of its products. No such study existed; it was made up by an artificial intelligence program.
By J. Dale Shoemaker
A plastics manufacturer seeking tax breaks to build a plant in Lockport has put its application on hold after being called out Thursday for circulating a summary of a study that was fabricated and produced by artificial intelligence.
Prior to a public hearing Thursday, the India-based firm SRI CV Plastics, seeking $312,000 in subsidies from the Lockport Industrial Development Agency, provided the agencys board a one-page summary of a study that touted the safety of PVC pipes, one of the products the company plans to make at the plant.
A University at Buffalo professor, Lourdes Vera, called out the companys study summary at Thursdays hearing as a fake.
I do not trust this company and this information that theyre distributing, Vera said at the hearing.
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So who's Investigative Post? They partner with WGRZ, so it strikes me as legit. Same story, from WGRZ:
INVESTIGATIVE POST
Company seeking subsidies circulates fake study
A plastics manufacturer gave Lockport IDA board members a summary of a study that touted the safety of one of its products. No such study existed.
Author: Investigative Post, J. Dale Shoemaker
Published: 6:02 PM EDT July 13, 2023
Updated: 11:19 PM EDT July 13, 2023
LOCKPORT, N.Y. A plastics manufacturer
seeking tax breaks to build a plant in Lockport has put its application on hold after being called out Thursday for circulating a summary of a study that was fabricated and produced by artificial intelligence.
Prior to a public hearing Thursday, the India-based firm SRI CV Plastics, seeking $312,000 in subsidies from the Lockport Industrial Development Agency, provided the agencys board a one-page summary of a study that touted the safety of PVC pipes, one of the products the company plans to make at the plant.
A University at Buffalo professor and Lockport native, Lourdes Vera, called out the companys study summary at Thursdays hearing as a fake.
You can
read the full story on Investigative Post's website.