AI and current journalism standards

[jr/shotglass]

Sequenced in my Twitter / X feed this morning:

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Being upfront about how and when AI is used has proven important. Sports Illustrated was criticized last year for publishing AI-generated online product reviews that were presented as having been written by reporters who didn't actually exist. After the story broke, SI said it was firing the company that produced the articles for its website, but the incident damaged the once-powerful publication's reputation.

 

[Azrael]

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The real trouble began when we stopped calling it 'writing,' and started calling it 'content.'

 

[jr/shotglass]

Like I said before, the landscape shifted when they introduced page-hit monitors to the newsroom.