Julian OliverMar 14

Buzzfeed's shares go from $15 to 70 cents, now approaching bankruptcy, seemingly as a result of going all-in on 'AI' generated content.

This emerging pattern does not speak to a wicked problem. Rather, it should be no surprise that people don't want to read machine-generated content that outwardly pretends to come from a person. Because it is innately &intrinsically deceptive, which people do not like, so ending trust that will be very hard to win back. If at all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

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Never used the site. The closest I ever got to it was getting sent links by the kind of acquaintances that put multiple emoji's in their opener/subject lines. From that scant exposure I'm not surprised BuzzFeed pivoted deep into AI, it probably improved their content.
Mar 14 at 7:29amWeb