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The phrase people familiar with the matter, when used in journalism, signals reporters have anonymous insider sources they find credible.

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  1. Simon Willison

    Co-creator of Django and creator of Datasette

    I’ve written about the people familiar with the matter pattern before—it means Reuters have anonymous insider sources that their reporters (and editors) find credible.

    Where this was said

    ↗OpenAI's rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikissimonwillison.net

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