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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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[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 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.