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The WaPo told its staff that it's pivoting to AI. "AI everywhere in our newsroom" to turn around its dismal financial situation. (futurism.com)

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Already facing scandal, the Washington Post's new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn around its dismal financial situation.

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[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago

oh sure, all of our content becomes unreadable, obviously contradictory slop highly prone to opening up the paper to libel suits, but think of how much you'll save in labor after you've cut like $12 off writing staff salaries. people will never be able to tell the difference in quality of writing (actually if we're talking about people who take the WaPo seriously and at face value, then maybe)

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 5 months ago

I think they're gambling on the idea that 90% of their audience never reads beyond the headlines, so it doesn't matter if the entire article just rephrases a vaguely related wikipedia article, because their audience will get everything they need from the headline.