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Business Insider Lays Off 21% of Staff, Citing 'Traffic Sensitivity'

The publisher is eliminating coverage verticals, largely exiting commerce, launching events, and embracing AI

By @adweek.bsky.social

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Business Insider Lays Off 21% of Staff
The publisher is eliminating coverage verticals, largely exiting commerce, launching events, and embracing AI
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June 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The New York Times and Amazon have announced a multi-year licensing agreement that will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences

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The New York Times Company - News & Events - Press Releases
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June 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
French website Maddyness partners with Perplexity: What’s changing on his site

Maddyness has entered into a strategic partnership with Perplexity to give its readers access to the full potential of this generative AI tool.

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Maddyness partners with Perplexity: What’s changing on our site - Maddyness UK
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June 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data

Reddit’s lawsuit makes it the first Big Tech company to legally challenge an AI model provider over its training data practices, joining a litany of publishers

By @techcrunch.com

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Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data | TechCrunch
Reddit is suing Anthropic for training on its site's data without a proper licensing, joining a litany of publishers with similar claims.
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June 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Great Decoupling Of Google Search - Clicks vs Impressions

Posting screenshots of their Google Search Console performance reports that show how clicks from Google start to drop, where impressions stay the same or go higher

By @searchengineland.bsky.social

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The Great Decoupling Of Clicks & Impressions From Google Search
Since Google began rolling out AI Overviews in Google Search, publishers, site owners, SEOs, etc have been posting screenshots of their Google Search Console performance reports that show how clicks f...
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June 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Disney, NBCU sue Midjourney over copyright infringement

By @axios.com

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Disney, NBCU sue Midjourney over copyright infringement
It's the first legal action from major Hollywood studios against a generative AI company.
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June 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Into Washington Post: Office of the CTO Announces Sam Han as Chief AI Officer and Creation of WP Incubator

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Office of the CTO Announces Sam Han as Chief AI Officer and Creation of WP Incubator
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June 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
French newspaper Ouest-France tests AI chatbot on his content for one week for car championship « 24h du Mans », by audio and text

French release
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Chatbot
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Topo : robot conversationnel expert des 24 Heures du Mans avec Ouest-France et Le Maine Libre
Conversez avec Topo, notre robot expert des 24 heures du Mans auto nourri par nos nombreux articles pubiés sur le site Ouest-France.
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June 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Three newsrooms on generating AI summaries for news

“Summaries aren’t a replacement for journalism: they can’t exist without it.” The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News on what they’ve learned rolling out AI-powered summaries.

By @niemanlab.org

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Let’s get to the point: Three newsrooms on generating AI summaries for news
"Summaries aren’t a replacement for journalism: they can’t exist without it." The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News on what they've learned rolling out AI-powered summaries.
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June 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Politico’s AI tool spits out made-up slop, union says

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Politico’s AI tool spits out made-up slop, union says
Unionized staffers say the AI tool violates language in their contract.
www.semafor.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news

Four major AI chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories

The BBC gave OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news

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AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds - BBC News
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."
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February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools

The NYT is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools could eventually write social copy, SEO headlines, and some code.

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New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
EU mobilizes $200 billion in AI race against US and China

This announcement follows French President Emmanuel Macron saying that €109 billion (around $112 billion) will be invested into AI in France

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EU mobilizes $200 billion in AI race against US and China
Better late than never.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Guardian is partnering with OpenAI

The deal will see reporting from The Guardian appear as news source within ChatGPT, alongside article extracts and summaries

OpenAI provides the Guardian with access to ChatGPT Enterprise to develop products, features, tools

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The Guardian is the latest news organization to partner with OpenAI
As part of the deal, reporting from The Guardian will appear in ChatGPT.
www.engadget.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In France, 6 local media groups and the national daily Libération, which publishes a total of 40 newspapers, are asking the courts to block a website which uses AI to steal their online articles and automatically reproduce them on its own site previously unknown

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Vol d’articles via l’IA : Libération et une quarantaine de journaux attaquent un site pirate
Les médias concernés ont déposé jeudi une assignation devant le Tribunal judiciaire de Paris pour «obliger les fournisseurs d’accès à internet à bloquer le site News.DayFr.com sur le territoire frança...
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February 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
AI Action Summit: The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) has led and coordinated the production of the first mapping of AI-related issues and uses in journalism, in partnership with French public audiovisual media

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#AIjournalism
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February 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Paris 2025 AI Action Summit : a International charter on ‘Culture and Innovation’ to sauvegarde copyright

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RESPECT DU DROIT D'AUTEUR – Dans le cadre du règlement européen sur l’IA, les organisations de tous les secteurs de la création et des industries culturelles, interpellent la Première ministre
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February 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
France and UAE Forge Landmark AI Partnership with $30-50 Billion Data Center Investment

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France and UAE Forge Landmark AI Partnership with $30-50 Billion Data Center Investment
France and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to develop a massive 1 gigawatt AI data center, representing a potential investment of $30-50 billion. This strategic partnership aims to boost France's...
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February 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Mistral AI have formed a partnership that will provide Mistral's conversational AI assistant, Le Chat, with access to the full range of AFP's text stories

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AFP and Mistral AI announce global partnership to enhance AI responses with reliable news content
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Mistral AI have formed a partnership that will provide Mistral's conversational AI assistant, Le Chat, with access to the full range of AFP's text stories. This collabor...
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February 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
French Mistral AI : his latest "le Chat", a comprehensive AI assistant, introducing Pro and Team tiers of service

And now, le Chat is available "on iOS, Android, and soon, on private infrastructure for businesses"

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The all new le Chat: Your AI assistant for life and work | Mistral AI
Brand new features, iOS and Android apps, Pro, Team, and Enterprise tiers.
mistral.ai
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Personalizing Newsletter Headlines: Testing LLMs Against Human Editors

Acontrolled study shows readers prefer AI-generated headlines 62% of the time — while keeping core editorial decisions in human hands

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Personalizing Newsletter Headlines: Testing LLMs Against Human Editors
A controlled study shows readers prefer AI-generated headlines 62% of the time — while keeping core editorial decisions in human hands
generative-ai-newsroom.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Apple said it would release an update to better indicate that its notification summaries are generated by AI

« A software update will further clarify when the text being displayed is summarization provided by Apple Intelligence »

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Following complaints, Apple to 'further clarify' when notification summaries use AI | TechCrunch
Apple said on Monday it would release an update to better indicate that its notification summaries are generated by artificial intelligence. "A software
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January 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Apple is facing calls to withdraw its controversial AI feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts

The product is meant to summarise breaking news notifications and has invented entirely false claims

The BBC first complained to the tech giant

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Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts - BBC News
Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.
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January 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Google unveils an AI-powered TV that summarizes the news for you at CES 2025

By asking Gemini to play your “News Brief,” the AI assistant will scrape news stories from across the internet and YouTube video headlines posted by trusted news channels

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Google unveils an AI-powered TV that summarizes the news for you at CES 2025 | TechCrunch
Long gone are the days of simply watching the news. Google unveiled the latest version of its TV operating system at CES 2025 on Monday. It uses the
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January 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content

The Times has been actively developing and testing editorially-driven algorithms to assist in curating home page content.

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How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content
A look into how editorially-driven algorithms assist content curation on The New York Times home page.
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December 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM