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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 New York Times published an article with a strange and bigoted claim about Asian women and manufacturing at Apple.
Future Society

The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian Women

By Noor Al-Sibai

Journalists at The Chicago Sun-Times are speaking out following the paper's publishing of AI-generated misinformation.
Artificial Intelligence

Journalists at Chicago Newspaper “Deeply Disturbed” That “Disaster” AI Slop Was Printed Alongside Their Real Work

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As the biggest news brands experiment with artificial intelligence in their content, a near-majority of readers aren't buying it.
Artificial Intelligence

Poll Finds Americans Are Largely Disgusted by AI-Generated News

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Los Angeles Times is now shoving artificial intelligence into its opinion articles — and it already seems to be backfiring. 
Artificial Intelligence

LA Times Uses AI to Provide “Different Views” on the KKK

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Washington Post's billionaire owner has decided that the paper will no longer tolerate opinions he disagrees with.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Announces That Washington Post Opinions Will Now Exclusively Celebrate the Glories of Capitalism

By Joe Wilkins

We got a bizarre email from someone on Allstate's media relations team, claiming the Wall Street Journal's reporting was flawed.
Artificial Intelligence

Allstate Is Demanding We Delete These Quotes by Its Exec About How It’s Using AI to Write Insurance Emails

By Victor Tangermann

Instead of taking accountability for hiring a racist, Musk has found a new target: the Wall Street Journal reporter, who uncovered him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Calls for Firing of Wall Street Journal Reporter Who Found His DOGE Boy’s Racist Tweets

By Victor Tangermann

A so-called relationship therapist quoted in tons of articles and blogs appears, per a new investigation, to be completely made up. 
Future Society

Someone Invented a Fake Therapist and Got “Her” Quoted in Tons of News Articles

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jeff Bezos' Washington Post has a new mission statement: "Riveting Storytelling for All of America," a slogan that sparked mockery.
Artificial Intelligence

Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”

By Victor Tangermann

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

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, the UnitedHealth is now asking journalists to remove or obscure photos of its CEOs' names and faces.
Future Society

UnitedHealth Is Asking Journalists to Remove Names and Photos of Its CEO From Published Work

By Noor Al-Sibai

Northwestern Arkansas has a new local news site — and it's entirely AI-generated, complete with "AI reporters" and all.
Artificial Intelligence

This Entirely AI-Generated Local “News” Site Is Incredibly Depressing

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright violations. ChatGPT, meanwhile, is citing a notorious plagiarizer's copies of NYT articles.
OpenAI

Amid New York Times Lawsuit, ChatGPT Is Citing Plagiarized Versions of NYT Articles on an Armenian Content Mill

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There
Artificial Intelligence

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There

By Noor Al-Sibai

The venerable has a new AI chatbot, designed to answer climate questions. Why won't it answer prompts about AI's growing climate footprint?
Artificial Intelligence

Washington Post Launches AI to Answer Climate Questions, But It Won’t Say Whether AI Is Bad for the Climate

By Maggie Harrison Dupré