On April 14, 2026, New York Times Canada bureau chief Matina Stevis-Gridneff published an article attributing a quote to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre calling floor-crossing politicians “turncoats” — a line he never said. The quote was an AI-generated summary of Poilievre’s views that an AI research tool had returned formatted as if it were a verbatim transcript, and the reporter did not verify it before publication. The Times issued a correction and editor’s note on May 1, 2026, more than two weeks after publication, acknowledging that the reporter should have checked the AI tool’s output.