AP Senior Product Manager for AI Aimee Rinehart wrote in internal company Slack messages referring to the Plain Dealer’s parent company. “Resistance is futile.”
One AP reporter fumed that the “dismissiveness and disdain some of you have shown for human writing are insulting and abhorrent,” per Semafor. “Strong reporting and clear writing are the lifeblood of journalism, not AI-written slop.”
That’s been the model for generative AI so far, so I guess they’re sticking with the plan.