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Business Insider is tracking employees’ ChatGPT usage as part of a new AI pushAn enterprise version of ChatGPT is now available to all staff, with 70% using the tool “regularly.” By Andrew Deck. |
“News” in 2025 is in the eye of the beholderPeople classify content as more or less “news-like,” and this varies across platforms and sources, as well as from one person to the next. By Kirsten Eddy. |
“There were familiar names on YouTube’s list, including MeidasTouch, Shannon Sharpe and Theo Von in the Top 10. But when compared with the existing charts, YouTube’s version sometimes seems like a fun house mirror. While the hit podcast “Dateline NBC,” for example, was absent — it does not regularly upload episodes to YouTube — the CBS true crime newsmagazine ’48 Hours’ appeared at No. 4.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Klaudia JaźwińskaA new Tow Center report takes on the future of news and search →“For publishers who rely heavily on search for discovery and traffic, this shift is seismic. How AI’s impact on the search landscape will affect the distribution, presentation, and consumption of news online is a central theme of a new Tow Center report, out today.”
Center for Democracy and Technology / Aliya Bhatia and Mona ElswahModerating Tamil content on social media →“Despite a vibrant Tamil computing community, investment in automated moderation in Tamil still falls significantly short due to a lack of accessible resources, will, and financial constraints for smaller social media companies.”
Wired / Kylie Robison Paige OamekElon Musk’s Grok AI can’t stop talking about ‘white genocide’ →“When asked to confirm the salary of Toronto Blue Jays player Max Scherzer, for example, the generative artificial intelligence chatbot launched into an explanation of white genocide and a controversial South African anti-apartheid song.”
The New York Times / Michael M. GrynbaumMSNBC poaches Politico editor Sudeep Reddy for new Washington Bureau →“MSNBC has never had a separate Washington bureau. Ms. Kutler has announced plans to hire more than 100 journalists for the new go-it-alone version of the channel, including new on-air correspondents to cover Capitol Hill, the State and Justice Departments and the Supreme Court — roles that were previously filled by NBC News-affiliated reporters.”
Vanity Fair / Paul Farhi“It’s About Keeping C-SPAN Alive”: Behind the network’s beef with Google →“Wyden told me that it’s ‘disappointing and frankly embarrassing’ that C-SPAN has been shut out. ‘A company as big as Google can’t afford seven cents per subscriber to provide the meat and potatoes of government news?'”
CNN / Marshall CohenSmartmatic accuses Fox News, Rupert Murdoch of destroying evidence in 2020 election defamation case →“In the highly redacted filings, Smartmatic claimed Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch were among the Fox officials who ‘deleted their texts’ in an ‘extensive and willful’ fashion.”
NPR / David FolkenflikUnder attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts →“Roughly 190 officials from local stations across the country flew to NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. this week to strategize and impress upon lawmakers the services they provide – and the loyalty of their audiences (who often prove to be engaged voters).”
Bangor Daily News / Jules WalkupWhy a Maine newspaper opened its own cafe →“On Fridays, the cafe hosts ‘Fresh Brewed News,’ a time in which the community can come together and discuss the Thursday paper and ask the staff questions. Britt also said editors will have office hours in the cafe about once a month.”
Current / Tyler FalkNew York increases public radio support amid CPB funding threat →“New York’s governor signed a budget bill last week that included $4 million in state funding to public radio stations. The funding is in addition to the state’s regular annual appropriation to public broadcasters.”
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