Just when you thought the corporate media couldn’t get any worse, they sink to an all-new low.
Major publications, including BuzzFeed, Men’s Journal, and CNET, have publicly admitted to using artificial intelligence chatbots to write stories.
If you think this is crazy, you’re not alone. But it’s not hard to guess why corporate media executives love it.
Their goal is to get the most clicks and the highest ratings—and therefore sell the most advertising—at the lowest cost. If they can eliminate the cost of paying actual human journalists, then they can make more money than ever.
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