AI

Morning Coffee Reading: the video podcast is back, baby, back! Members Public

Meanwhile, AI can replace your site for a pittance, and the original sin of the 2010s exposed via Game of Thrones coverage…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
podcasting
A cartoon of a human supervisor checking the work on an AI robot who has been making social videos.

Social videos: No, AI can't do them by itself Members Public

That AI isn't putting you out of a job yet — but it might be about to change it…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
A machine learning chip in the time vortex

Time for an AI rewind Members Public

Are we letting the generative AI hype blind us to more practical and reliabel uses of the technology?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
AI-written slop messing up your web shopping experience.

How publications get sloppy Members Public

A perfect storm of dodgy SEO, dodgier AI work and the desperate need to protect affiliate revenue is breeding a whole new type of web content slop.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism
An unstoppable tide of server-generated slop

Stop the Slop Members Public

The perfect word to describe thoughtless, rude use of AI has emerged. Let’s hope it sticks…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
A journalist and a robot sub-editor having a lively debate over some copy

Adversarial AI: A Tool for Self-Improvement in Journalism Members Public

Getting AIs to write instead of you is for the mediocre. If you want to be great at what you do, get an AI to challenge you.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
AI-infused search robots wreaking an economic apocalypse on the world

Is AI search a sideshow, or a potential economic apocalypse? Members Public

Will AI-infused search be the end of publishing economics as we know it? Or is the hype outrunning the utility?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
An AI-generated image of Shrimp Jesus surrounded by Shrimp Angels.

Shrimp Jesus and other unexpected results of the AI boom Members Public

AI is at once more ubiquitous and less useful than people think. Navigating the coming flood of generated content is going to be a challenge.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI