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Plus the growing evidence that AI chat search is far from ready for prime time, and some great reads on both how ChatGPT actually works and what’s behind “hot, lonely women” catfishing scams
Is Mastodon really tanking? Who’s making a mint from newsletters? And who are these eerie newsreaders spouting propaganda? Your weekend reading, sorted.
Google is racing Microsoft to transform search with AI chat tools. What does this mean for your traffic?
It’s time to re-evaluate LinkedIn, Google is about to transform itself with AI and why has the NYT suddenly got so self-obsessed?
The important figures The Times omitted, evidence of real name toxicity and more feedback from readers
Buzzfeed's quizzes just read like they're generated by AIs at the moment. But in the future — they will be. At least we can still write newsletters.
Question and feedback from readers on newsletters, AI, local journalism and TikTok.
Then story of what went on inside Twitter after the Musk takeover, CNET’s AI teething issues and… journalist Barbie?
Will Google see Ai copy as spam? Is the Fediverse more than Mastodon? Do newsletters need a clear value proposition? All these questions violate Betteridge's Law…
The robots! They're writing! Do you hear me? THEY'RE WRITING OUR STORIES!
Morning Conference emails
An LSE-led initiative attempts to get ahead of the curve, while we're all still paying the price of letting Facebook get out of hand
livestreaming
The Christchurch attack was a terrorist event for the social media age. We need to address this situation on multiple levels to minimise the harm done.