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BuzzFeed's stock has been tumbling for months, and it appears that Buzzy the Robot may not be enough to save it from Nasdaq doom.

AI Won't Save Us Now

If "Buzzy the Robot" quizzes won't save BuzzFeed, what will?

What Happened After BuzzFeed’s Pivot to AI: Catastrophic Stock Collapse

Someone got an AI art generator to copy the illustration style of Tim Burton — and the director himself is having none of it.

Art No More

"It’s like a robot taking your humanity, your soul."

Tim Burton Horrified by AI-Generated Art That Copies His Style

Behold: Botatouille, business genius and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti's new recipe-suggesting chatbot. Just one issue...

Oops, Something Went Wrong

"Hmm, it seems like you might be feeling a bit down. How about I recommend a meal that will lift your spirits?"

BuzzFeed AI Struggles to Recommend Recipe for Laid-Off Journalists

Buzzfeed, Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti just laid out his new AI vision — and it sounds like a plagiarized, choose-your-own-adventure content farm.

Discontent Strategy 

"Instead of generating 10 ideas in a minute, AI can generate hundreds of ideas in a second."

BuzzFeed Says AI Will “Replace the Majority of Static Content”

BuzzFeed has told investors that its readers spend 40 percent more time with its AI-built quizzes than the traditional ones.

Content by Bots for Bots

Game over, humans!

BuzzFeed Says Its AI Is Outperforming Its Pesky Human Employees

BuzzFeed pledged to do a good job with its AI content. But then it quietly started posting entire articles written by AI.

Uncut Gems

These read like a proof of concept for replacing human writers.

BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes

BuzzFeed's AI-generated quiz-o-matic just dropped, and reader, there's not a lot of intelligence, artificial or otherwise, going on there. 

Buzzed Off

We don't know what we expected, but it definitely wasn't this. 

BuzzFeed's AI Quizzes Seem Kind of Broken, Honestly

BuzzFeed choosing to bring OpenAI in to beef up its quizzes is certainly not great news in this economy — but it's nowhere near as bad as CNET's AI content.

Let Them Fight

Points where they're due.

Whatever You Think of BuzzFeed's AI Quizzes, They're Way Less Horrible Than What CNET Has Been Doing

One of the most famous BuzzFeed columnists has some harsh words for CEO Jonah Peretti over his decision to include AI in the site's content operations.

AI Asshole

"This is so bleak, and it’s only the beginning of a trend that is already having a devastating effect on all types of workers."

BuzzFeed Columnist Tells CEO to "Get F*cked" for Move to AI Content

Fresh off the heels of CNET being outed for using AI to write articles, BuzzFeed has announced that its content machine will soon be assisted by OpenAI.

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