A major American publication fired 180 journalists and replaced them with a neural network 30/01/2023, 23:19

BuzzFeed, a major American online publication specializing in news and viral content, announced that it has started using the ChatGPT neural network as the author of some material. About informs Telegram.

The business publication noted that the change in editorial policy was announced after BuzzFeed laid off 180 journalists, who made up 12% of the company’s total staff. Officially, the reason people were fired was “worsening economic prospects”.

BuzzFeed CEO Ion Peretti said ChatGPT will start by writing texts for personalized tests and quizzes. However, in the future, Peretti also plans to entrust the creation of full-fledged editorial materials to the neural network.

At the same time, the head of BuzzFeed assured readers and investors that the media will continue to focus on man-made journalism despite the “hiring” of ChatGPT.

Like Writer Business Insider, BuzzFeed shares surged more than 200% in a single day due to the use of artificial intelligence in article writing.

Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote That Nvidia sees AI as a threat to humanity.



Source: Gazeta

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