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This was the last magazine I was still subscribed to, and they just sent me a renewal notice… well I guess this makes that decision easy. No way I’m paying the (fairly expensive) renewal price for a magazine that is gutting itself into a death spiral.
Don't worry they'll still be paying freelance writers half what they paid the staff writers with no job security or benefits. I'm sure they'll attract the best.
Gradually they'll skimp on the freelance writers until they're phased out entirely, with 100% of the articles being written by chatgpt.
Already in progress, I note. Only a month ago CNET took stock of how they handled their AI-generated articles after discovering 53% of them to be riddled with errors. In April the German tabloid Die Aktuelle was forced to fire their editor-in-chief after publishing an AI-generated interview with the reclusive former F1 racer Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher had been very protective of his private life even before retirement, and in 2013 suffered a paralyzing brain injury that left him struggling to communicate at all. Understandably, his family sued.
But I'm sure the promise of free content churned out lightning fast to please an eager and overly-trusting audience won't be something that worms its tentacles into every publication
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My kids school sent home a leaflet for it this week. We were considering the subscription as she loves to learn. This has really made us rethink it, sadly.