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How long before the relationship between Musk and Trump comes to a head?
"He’s behaving as if he’s a co-president and making sure everyone knows it. And he’s sure taking lots of credit for the president’s victory."
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/elon-musk-appointed-by-trump-government-role/
Musk's "Et tu, Brute?" moment.
"Grok, X's A.I. chatbot, was asked if X owner Elon Musk was responsible for spreading election misinformation—and Grok's answer was a brutal truth bomb."
https://www.comicsands.com/elon-musk-grok-spreader-misinformation#
Who could have foreseen such a surprising turn of events?
"Elon Musk's New Chatbot Is Astoundingly Vulgar"
https://futurism.com/elon-musks-new-chatbot-ai-vulgar
More on Grok:
"Musk said Grok... would ultimately be released to subscribers to X’s top-tier subscription service, Premium+."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/05/elon-musk-unveils-grok-an-ai-chatbot-with-a-rebellious-streak
Elon's new ChatGPT clone, Grok, could actually emerge as a rival for news publishers. While I wouldn't advise using a TwitterGPT as a main source of news (😱), Grok definitely has access to a wealth of real-time "information".
Something to consider when posting all your content on X...
We're sending every editorial employee on a ChatGPT course to help them leverage AI. It's surprising to me that such initiatives aren't more common.
"There’s a risk of relegating AI to a specialized “nerd” corner that should not affect the “quality journalism” part of the newsroom."
In my experience, having skilled managers in every department is absolutely critical for leading change. I could even make the argument that managerial skills are more vital than journalistic skills.
"Good management is a skillset, concrete practices anyone can learn and implement"
https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/newsroom-culture-should-not-be-an-accident/s2/a1085316/
(Sad) lesson from a failed attempt at building a Twitter alternative.
"Being kinder and safer is not enough of a differentiator, because kindness and safety by themselves aren’t interesting enough. There was not enough interesting content on the platform for the experience to become a daily habit"
It's baffling to me that the Washington Post, under Bezos's ownership, is losing digital readers and subscribers while overemphasizing print.
"Buzbee said that... the primary emphasis should no longer be on the print edition"
Makes me more comfortable with our own progress, though.
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1698377541288668e09117c2b/raw
Whether this was a case of mistranslation, copying bad reporting, or some other factor, this was not legacy media's finest hour. We need to do better.
"after an extensive investigation... I have found zero evidence that the Health Ministry spokesperson ever said that more than 500 people had died"
https://www.silentlunch.net/p/did-the-entire-media-industry-misquote
