The aim is to generate ad revenue, clicks and mine data. The tool is generative artificial intelligence. The operation is “at-scale.” It’s pink slime on… Read More »Pink slime from AI content farms is a poor substitute for real journalism
Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released… Read More »Hands on with Google’s AI-powered music generator
Have you ever encountered something suspicious online and wondered: “Is this legit?” Welcome to our Season 3 final episode of Is This Legit. Maybe you’ve… Read More »Is This Legit: A media literacy skills recap
In May 2021, Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum country star Jimmie Allen visited “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to promote his latest project, a children’s book titled, “My Voice… Read More »Jimmie Allen Former Manager Accuses Country Singer Of Rape, Assault
At its annual I/O conference on Wednesday, Google announced a slew of “experiments” and changes that are coming to search. It’s early days. But if… Read More »Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers?
I first met Robert Samuels 10 years ago when he attended a Poynter seminar. As a feature reporter for the Washington Post, he was both… Read More »‘We had a really big purpose’
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USA Today’s vice president and executive editor of news and initiatives Kristen Go will be leaving Friday, making her the eighth high-ranking editor or executive… Read More »Gannett is experiencing a mass exodus among top execs. Here’s who has left.
News UK’s Newsprinters Ltd plant at Knowsley, Merseyside, in November 2022. Picture: Google Streetview News UK‘s printing and distribution business, Newsprinters Ltd, has proposed to… Read More »News UK proposes closure of print plant in Knowsley, Merseyside
The past few weeks have not been kind to the giants of digital news. On April 20, Insider—which is owned by the German publishing company… Read More »Does the end of BuzzFeed News mean the death of social journalism?