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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The New York Times, a daily puzzle site with a side business in bad opinion pieces

LMFAO, just, LOL.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

For those who just can't shake their Wordle habit:

Try https://duotrigordle.com/

32 times the Wordle and none of the NYT enshittification

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

RIP guardian.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, is there any resource for news media that don't use exploitative Large Language Sausage Makers to produce articles?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

it's getting a bit thin! Here's the Press Gazette page, which they keep up to date, of media outlets that have done AI deals, whether they're adding slop to their output or just taking bribes from OpenAI:

https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Another one bites the dust.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

A few weeks ago there was news of this "human authored" certification for books. Newspapers and many other things should think about something like that, too. If that existed, it would certainly be something I would look for when deciding whether to subscribe to something or not...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

@dgerard

> The New York Times, a daily puzzle site with a side business in bad opinion pieces

This is grossly unfair, they also have a very good cookery channel on YouTube