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Renowned tech magazine Wired and global news brand Business Insider have been caught publishing what appears to be AI slop.
Artificial Intelligence

Wired and Business Insider Accidentally Published AI-Generated Slop Articles by Seemingly Fake Journalist

By Victor Tangermann

Axel Springer has repeatedly tried to force AI slop onto Politico — but the publication's writers aren't having any of it.
Artificial Intelligence

Politico’s Owner Is Embarrassing Its Journalists With Garbled AI Slop

By Frank Landymore

The Washington Post has quietly been building an AI tool that takes much of the work out of writing as it attempts to recoup readership.
Artificial Intelligence

The Washington Post Is Secretly Planning to Start Publishing Articles Created Using AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amid Business Insider's latest pivot to AI, the site's past brushes with the technology are coming back to haunt it.
Artificial Intelligence

Business Insider Did Something So Stupid With AI That We’re Reeling

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chicago Newspaper Caught Publishing a “Summer Reads” Guide Full of AI Slop
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Chicago Newspaper Caught Publishing a “Summer Reads” Guide Full of AI Slop

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The media giant Gannett is using AI to "automatically generate" content about lottery scores and tickets in local newspapers across the US.
Brain

Gannett Is Using AI to Pump Brainrot Gambling Content Into Newspapers Across the Country

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After moving to publish misinformation-laden AI slop, G/O Media sold Quartz and fired its editorial staff. Sadly, this has been a pattern.
Artificial Intelligence

Quartz Fires All Writers After Move to AI Slop

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Quartz's news-generating AI tool, "Quartz Intelligence Newsroom," is already publishing error-ridden articles.
Boeing

Quartz Just Published an AI-Generated Article That Absolutely Butchers the Situation With Boeing’s Stranded Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

G/O Media is using AI to churn out articles at the business news site Quartz — and its AI is already citing other AI-generated slop.
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Quartz Is Publishing AI-Generated Articles Based on Other AI Slop, Along With Warning They May Be Filled With Errors

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Dotdash Meredith, one of the largest publishing companies in the US, will lay off about 4% of its workforce to make room for OpenAI.
OpenAI

Large Publisher Lays Off More Than 100 Employees After Striking Deal With OpenAI

By Joe Wilkins

After its pivot to AI earlier this year, the Washington Post's CEO is now turning off editorial candidates by asking about AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Candidates to Run Washington Post Withdraw After Being Asked How They’d Use AI to Run the Newspaper

By Noor Al-Sibai

A review found that OpenAI's "ChatGPT search" is routinely mangling reporting from news outlets, including OpenAI-partnered publications.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Is Absolutely Butchering Reporting From Its “News Partners”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hawaiian local broadcaster and newspaper The Garden Island has fired the two AI bots it recently introduced as its new anchors.
Artificial Intelligence

Newspaper Fires Two AI Reporters After Bizarre Behavior

By Victor Tangermann

The AI-generated summaries appear as a "Key Points" box above the main body of articles on The Wall Street Journal.
Artificial Intelligence

The Wall Street Journal Is Testing AI-Generated Summaries of Its Articles

By Frank Landymore

An article generated by the AI-powered local news network Hoodline mistakenly accused the San Mateo District Attorney of murder.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered News Site Accidentally Accuses District Attorney of Murder

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A local newspaper in Hawaii called The Garden Island is using AI to power fake news anchors. Unsurprisingly, they're freaky.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalist Alarmed When Newspaper Replaces Humans With Glitchy AI Bot

By Maggie Harrison Dupré