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

submitted 2 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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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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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With the AI summaries robbing media of clicks you've got a situation where both the writers and the readers of Business Insider are robots. Brilliant.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago

is that this circular economy i hear so much about?

[–] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

Business Insider so poop-tier, I tacitly assumed this was happening already

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 2 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 1 day ago

Text extruder, I love that 🤣