Politico's Owner Is Embarrassing Its Journalists With Garbled AI Slop

Politico's Owner Is Embarrassing Its Journalists With Garbled AI Slop

Axel Springer, the German parent company of Politico and the largest publisher in Europe, is trying to force some horrendous AI slop onto the political news publication. And its writers aren't happy.  This month, a union representing journalists at Politico and its sister site E&E News, the PEN Guild, took the site's leadership to arbitration, arguing that it had violated the terms of its contract by deploying dodgy AI technology. The saga kicke…

coworker threw a tantrum at an event he was managing, telling people to stop submitting AI-written slop, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker threw a tantrum at an event he was managing I am one of two program managers for a nonprofit. We recently hosted a four-day conference for over 300 attendees. My fellow program manager, Alex, was tasked with leading the planning, which included creating a run of show (a detailed timeline for the event). Despite weeks of planning, it became apparent key elements were missing — set-up…