The Washington Post is going all in on AI -- surely this won't be a repeat of any past, disastrous newsroom pivots! 404 Media journalist Samantha Cole) joins to talk journalism, LLMs, and why synthetic text is the antithesis of good reporting.
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The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI: "AI everywhere in our newsroom.")Response: Defector Media Promotes Devin The Dugong To Chief AI Officer, Unveils First AI-Generated Blog)
The Washington Post's First AI Strategy Editor Talks LLMs in the Newsroom)
Also: New Washington Post CTO comes from Uber)
The Washington Post debuts AI chatbot, will summarize climate articles.)
Media companies are making a huge mistake with AI)
When ChatGPT summarizes, it does nothing of the kind)404 Media: 404 Media Now Has a Full Text RSS Feed)
404 Media: Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones))
Fresh AI Hell:
"AI" Alan Turning)
- Our Opinions Are Correct: The Turing Test is Bullshit (w/Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender))
Google advertises Gemini for writing synthetic fan letters)
Dutch Judge uses ChatGPT's answers to factual questions in ruling)
Is GenAI coming to your home appliances?)
AcademicGPT (Galactica redux))
"AI" generated images in medical science, again (now retracted))
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