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Business Insider will publish AI stories — without disclosure (pivot-to-ai.com)

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‘It was the most perfect document I’ve ever sent’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDllBZSKs0o&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250919-business-insider-will-publish-ai-stories-without-disclosure - podcast

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Axel Springer also messed about with AI slop at Politico, leading to the union filing a dispute.

two_nickels.txt

[Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner] used to write books. But he’s got a machine doing it for him now, and he’s convinced you can’t write for yourself either. Even if it’s your job. Get with the programme!

Döpfner sounds like a genuinely dogshit writer if a text extruder managed to impress him

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago

Text extruder, I love that 🤣