The media industry is dying – but I can still get paid to train AI to replace me
According to an automated missive, I have the perfect set of skills to help write the first draft of AI history. It’s not a job for life, though
The Sun’s Hillsborough stories used to teach MPs how to recognise fake news
Exclusive: Russian bot effort to stir up Islamophobia also part of course on misinformation and disinformation
Independent to take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in UK and Ireland
Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and millennials
‘The final act’: fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election
Job losses, declining circulations and local newspaper closures could mean spread of misinformation in pivotal election year
‘To the train lady with dark brown hair … ’: extraordinary stories of four couples who found love via small ads
What are the chances of real romance via a ‘missed connection’? And has the internet turned these interactions from the stuff of romcoms to just a bit creepy?
OpenAI claims New York Times ‘hacked’ ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit
In a filing Monday, OpenAI claims a ‘hired gun’ took ‘tens of thousands of attempts to generate the highly anomalous results’
No news is bad news for all of us, Meta
Yes, social media causes emotional whiplash, but for many it’s the only way to stay informed about the issues that matter
In Broad Daylight review – Hong Kong newsroom drama shines light on care home scandal
Lawrence Kwan’s film makes some insightful points about journalism while letting in a few cliches too
John Pilger obituary
Campaigning journalist, film-maker, author and fervent critic of US and British foreign policy
How one of the world’s oldest newspapers is using AI to reinvent journalism
Berrow’s Worcester Journal is one of several papers owned by the UK’s second biggest regional news publisher to hire ‘AI-assisted’ reporters
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
Lawsuit says companies gave NYT content ‘particular emphasis’ and ‘seek to free-ride’ on paper’s investment in its journalism
Mirror and Express owner to cut about 450 jobs – 10% of workforce
Reach staff react with furious comments to CEO over plan to reduce costs by up to 6% in 2024
‘It’s a very fragile system’: a tense fight for free press at an Indigenous paper
In the propulsive documentary Bad Press, a news outlet affiliated with the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma is threatened by tribal government control
‘The wolf at my throat’: Observer writer Christopher Wordsworth’s diaries reveal troubled life
The critic never wrote the ‘Great Novel’. But his son, Saul, found clues to a crime in 60,000 words he left behind