Don’t Lie
August 31, 2023
11:29 am
Tweets Amir Efrati, executive editor of The Information: “You’d think PR professionals would know that ~not commenting~ is 1,000x better than lying to a reporter
>> August 31, 2023
Predictions 2024
August 31, 2023
10:54 am
Tomorrow is September, and we predict that subscribers will begin asking about the gatekeepers for “Predictions 2024” content. We’re already on it. Look for a
Three of Ten ChatGPT Sessions Are From Programmers
August 31, 2023
9:38 am
Some great data here from Sparktoro.
YOUR ACCOUNT
FRIDGE NOTES
Quentin Hardy Interviews Eric Savitz
July 23, 2024
Former NYT reporter and Google Cloud EIC Quentin Hardy also interviewed Eric Savitz about his career and move to GM. Good reading.
27 B2B Newsletters, All In One Place
July 23, 2024
The UK-based newsletter company called Trending Now uses AI to scrape what’s trending across 27 areas of B2B. Press Gazette has additional detail. The company employs ten, none of whom are journalists (by traditional definition).
Union for Mashable, PC Mag and Lifehacker Wins Protection Against Gen AI
July 18, 2024
The full union membership needs to ratify it on July 24, but it looks like no editors can be laid off or suffer a salary cut if the publication goes big in its use of generative AI. More detail here from Neiman.
Gen AI: The Big Fizzle?
July 10, 2024
Goldman Sachs took 32 pages to say pretty much that. The media business may turn out to be an outlier, an industry perfectly suited to synthetic, multilingual words, sounds and images at scale. As for everyone else, well, the global consultancies will learn the truth first because they have rushed to monetize Gen AI — they aren’t yet succeeding.
Want A Free 1-Month Sub to Big Technology from Alex Kantrowitz?
July 8, 2024
Three free one-month subs are available from SWMS, no catches or gimmicks. Get in touch for details. BT is among the best tech newsletters out there.