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> Furthermore, Peretti told the remaining staff that he would be focusing more of the company’s energy going forward on AI. “We will empower our editorial teams

by clarle 3y ago

> Furthermore, Peretti told the remaining staff that he would be focusing more of the company’s energy going forward on AI. “We will empower our editorial teams at all of our brands to do the very best creative work and build an interface where that work can be repacked and brought to advertisers more effectively,” he said. “And we will bring more innovation to clients in the form of creators, AI, and cultural moments than can only happen across BuzzFeed, Complex, HuffPost, Tasty and First We Feast.” What the heck does that mean? It sounds like someone is talking about AI as purely a buzzword without really understanding what it is.

jackvezkovic 3y ago
actually, I think the guy knows exactly what it means: automate stuff with AI and replace jobs
seanalltogether 3y ago
Or worse, they've found they can point an AI bot at other news organizations articles and plagiarize them without any effort.
notatoad 3y ago
It's a slightly friendlier way of telling your staff "chatGPT is going to replace most of your jobs"
hackernewds 3y ago
you need only see BuzzFeed's stock skyrocket 150% in 1 day to understand when the CEO mentioned they would leverage ChatGPT, and now you see why the CEO is playing the AMC playbook now. next comes the insiders liquidating their holdings, while the leaders rambles on with BUZZwords first it was EVs, now it's AI
- classified 3y ago
  Are economists still claiming the market is rational? This is proof to the contrary.
- nebula8804 3y ago
  Whats the AMC playbook?
lisasays 3y ago
It means they're going all out on a pure garbage, 100% manipulative content format. With no pretense of any intent to actually inform, or connect the reader with other human beings in any meaningful way. The very essence of generative AI applied to profit-driven journalism, in other words. And the ultimate realization of BuzzFeed's business model from the very beginning.

by clarle 3y ago

jackvezkovic 3y ago

actually, I think the guy knows exactly what it means: automate stuff with AI and replace jobs

seanalltogether 3y ago

Or worse, they've found they can point an AI bot at other news organizations articles and plagiarize them without any effort.

notatoad 3y ago

It's a slightly friendlier way of telling your staff "chatGPT is going to replace most of your jobs"

hackernewds 3y ago

you need only see BuzzFeed's stock skyrocket 150% in 1 day to understand when the CEO mentioned they would leverage ChatGPT, and now you see why the CEO is playing the AMC playbook now. next comes the insiders liquidating their holdings, while the leaders rambles on with BUZZwords first it was EVs, now it's AI

classified 3y ago
Are economists still claiming the market is rational? This is proof to the contrary.
nebula8804 3y ago
Whats the AMC playbook?

lisasays 3y ago

It means they're going all out on a pure garbage, 100% manipulative content format. With no pretense of any intent to actually inform, or connect the reader with other human beings in any meaningful way. The very essence of generative AI applied to profit-driven journalism, in other words. And the ultimate realization of BuzzFeed's business model from the very beginning.