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Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content (futurism.com)

submitted 1 year ago by thejml@lemm.ee to c/technology

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G/O Media, a major online media company that runs publications including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Quartz, Jezebel, and Deadspin, has announced that it will begin a "modest test" of AI content on its sites.

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The trial will include "producing just a handful of stories for most of our sites that are basically built around lists and data," Brown wrote. "These features aren't replacing work currently being done by writers and editors, and we hope that over time if we get these forms of content right and produced at scale, AI will, via search and promotion, help us grow our audience."

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[–] Syrup@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 year ago

It really is a race-to-the-bottom on journalistic quality. I suppose it was inevitable that the rush to be "first to post" would be automated.

Though I wonder if this spawns a demand for in-depth, researched articles, or if YouTube personalities already fill that gap.