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Episode 39: Newsrooms Pivot to Bullshit (feat. Sam Cole), Aug 5 2024
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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.
References:
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:
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?
"AI" generated images in medical science, again (now retracted)
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Alex
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- Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@alex
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.
40集单集
Manage episode 436814829 series 3483641
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.
References:
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:
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?
"AI" generated images in medical science, again (now retracted)
You can check out future livestreams at https://twitch.tv/DAIR_Institute.
Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown.
Follow us!
Emily
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender
- Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social
Alex
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/@alexhanna
- Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@alex
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social
Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.
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