Execs at G/O Media, owner of Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company will publish more AI-generated stories despite blowback for botched first attempts
Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots. — In early July, managers at G/O media … Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com . Twitter: @kylebrussell , @ryanvailbrown , @dkthomp ,...
Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning
A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.
Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making
Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right Tweets: @daweiner , @lizzadwoskin , @sorayamcdonald , @jeffjarvis , @halsinger , @ydanasm...
Axios plans to launch Axios HQ in Feb. to help companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, with real-time feedback and “Smart Brevity” score
This coming February, Axios's first software-as-a-service product, AxiosHQ, will hit the market. Tweets: @bmorrissey , @ldrogen , @overlayered , and @knizbet See also Mediagazer Tweets: Brian Morrisse...
Pitch deck details Column, a paid social network centered on tech/business notables, with Aron Ping D'Souza as CEO; investor Sarah Cone later said she was CEO
unsolicited and without any indication that it was confidential or embargoed—two weeks ago in an attempt to have this publication as a prospective partner.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... @tech...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
Sources: Peter Thiel joins other bidders in making an offer in bankruptcy court for Gawker's remaining assets, including domains and 200K+ articles
Jessica DiNapoli / Reuters :
Lawyers for Peter Thiel file a motion to block efforts that have prevented him from bidding on Gawker.com assets during bankruptcy proceeding
the news site he helped Hulk Hogan take down Tweets: Violet Blue / @violetblue : 2017 is Year of the Vengeful Billionaires. http://twitter.com/... Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce : “Whoever ends up buying ...
In SXSW interview Nick Denton talks about how Gawker's Hogan coverage could have been better and the importance of conversation-driven platforms to media
“Facebook makes me despise many of my friends and Twitter makes me hate the rest of the world," Gawker founder Nick Denton said.
Techdirt's existence is threatened by costs of fighting $15M libel suit brought by Shiva Ayyadurai, represented by Charles Harder, who won against Gawker
http://www.techdirt.com/... http://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Peter Thiel started this and someone should tell him it's his responsibility to end it http://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick...