We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
May 10, 2023
The Verge / David Pierce
/ May 10“The fact that such a massive glitch had to be flagged in real time raises questions about the process—like whether this has happened in the past. [Pulitzer administrator Marjorie] Miller did not address that question.” —
Vanity Fair / Charlotte Klein
/ May 10“According to The Times’s archives, all the chatbots were wrong. They cited articles that did not exist. And while coverage of early research on thinking machines dated to the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1963 that The Times first published an article with the phrase ‘artificial intelligence.'” —
New York Times / Karen Weise and Cade Metz
/ May 10“‘Tucker prioritizes influence,’ said a person familiar with his thinking. ‘Twitter allows him to not just be another podcaster.'” —
Semafor / Max Tani and Ben Smith
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—LO“Saudi Arabia already owns Al Arabiya, an Arabic broadcaster that rivals Al Jazeera Arabic and the UAE’s Sky News Arabia. All of those channels practise censorship and espouse their government’s views.” —
FT / Daniel Thomas and Ivan Levingston
/ May 10GA4 calculates sessions differently and has new ways to weed out bot traffic, potentially resulting in lower numbers. “About 30% of traffic may come from bots, so a 30% drop in traffic is reasonable.” —
Indiegraf / Claire Tran
/ May 10The new tool uses OpenStreetMap data to help geolocate images and identify starting points for geolocation investigations, based on objects and structures you can identify in an image. —
Bellingcat / Logan Williams
/ May 10“The Times was not immune from a sector-wide advertising slump. The company said that ad revenue decreased about 8.6% to $106 million in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, driven by declines in spending in the technology and finance categories.” —SS
New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
/ May 10Some of the phrases added to King’s answer appear to be taken significantly out of context, while others appear to be fabricated entirely. The quotes came from a January 1965 Playboy interview with author Alex Haley. —
Washington Post / Gillian Brockell
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