“AI may not be killing the 10 blue links, but it’s definitely pushing them down the page.” (Here’s what that means for news publishers.)

“The fact that such a massive glitch had to be flagged in real time raises questions about the process—like whether this has happened in the past. [Pulitzer administrator Marjorie] Miller did not address that question.”

“According to The Times’s archives, all the chatbots were wrong. They cited articles that did not exist. And while coverage of early research on thinking machines dated to the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1963 that The Times first published an article with the phrase ‘artificial intelligence.'”

“‘Tucker prioritizes influence,’ said a person familiar with his thinking. ‘Twitter allows him to not just be another podcaster.'”

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“Saudi Arabia already owns Al Arabiya, an Arabic broadcaster that rivals Al Jazeera Arabic and the UAE’s Sky News Arabia. All of those channels practise censorship and espouse their government’s views.”

GA4 calculates sessions differently and has new ways to weed out bot traffic, potentially resulting in lower numbers. “About 30% of traffic may come from bots, so a 30% drop in traffic is reasonable.”

The new tool uses OpenStreetMap data to help geolocate images and identify starting points for geolocation investigations, based on objects and structures you can identify in an image.

“The Times was not immune from a sector-wide advertising slump. The company said that ad revenue decreased about 8.6% to $106 million in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, driven by declines in spending in the technology and finance categories.”

Some of the phrases added to King’s answer appear to be taken significantly out of context, while others appear to be fabricated entirely. The quotes came from a January 1965 Playboy interview with author Alex Haley.

“They made me a deal I couldn’t refuse!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Could be the beginning of a New & Vibrant CNN, with no more Fake News, or it could turn into a disaster for all, including me. Let’s see what happens?”

No more newspaper delivery carriers. The T&D says the scaled-back schedule will result in expanded editions when newspapers are printed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

“More recently, press officials — and even some reporters — have bristled during press briefings at interruptions by journalist Simon Ateba, the White House correspondent for Today News Africa. Ateba has gained attention by shouting questions out of turn at Biden press secretaries Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre, in violation of protocol, if not written rules.”

Alex Hardiman, chief product officer for the Times, will lead “a cross-company effort to ensure that we think expansively and collectively about how we might put GenAI to use to support our journalists, grow audience and engagement with our products, and scale our business, while working to ensure we protect our intellectual property.” Also announced: longtime exec David Perpich will focus on The Athletic full-time as its publisher.

“The MTV News of 2023 was much smaller and far less high-profile than the MTV News of the 1990s and early 2000s, when it could help define pop culture and cover stories more traditional outlets wouldn’t touch”

In a reply, Elon Musk tweeted, “I want to be clear that we have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators.”

Soldin, a 32-year-old video coordinator for Agence France-Presse, was described as a “fantastic reporter” by colleagues. He’d recently tweeted about taking care of an injured baby hedgehog in Ukraine.