Also including prose in general aside from scientific papers and creative writing, like editorials, opinion columns, and essays, unless I separate them out into another collection * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Seattle Times Journalists Picket Newsroom Over Low Pay and Threats of Being Replaced by AI
Dozens of unionized Seattle Times workers picketed near the newsroom on Denny Way yesterday after they say the newspaper’s owners refused to satisfactorily raise wages or agree not to replace workers with AI during contract negotiations. The picket is the Seattle Times’ first big labor action in decades, and a sign that disagreements between those […]

Are newspaper opinion sections embracing AI-written op-eds?
Outside The Wall Street Journal, it appears not.

AI and the crisis of the author
Editor’s note (September 21, 2026): We have removed this essay. AI was used in its preparation. The TLS editorial guidelines prohibit the use of AI in the
New York Times Accused of Running AI-Generated Article
People are speculating that an essay published in the New York Times' "Modern Love" was AI-generated. What's definitely real? AI paranoia.

We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times
She was accused of publishing AI slop in The New York Times. She says she didn't use AI to generate content — but did use AI to get published.

New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use
On the heels of another AI scandal, The New York Times emailed a "periodic reminder" to freelancers reminding them of the paper's AI policy.

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI
“I write everything using AI now,” Druckenmiller, who questioned the treasury secretary’s bond market interventions, said.

Top WSJ Editor Approves AI-Assisted Writing, Says AI is a “Fact of Modern Life” in Major Inflection Point for Media Industry
The Wall Street Journal is giving opinion authors the go-ahead to use AI in the writing process, without requiring AI disclosures.

Journalist Accuses Ohio’s Main Newspaper of Slapping Her Name on an AI “Express Desk” Article Without Her Knowledge, While She Was on Honeymoon
A journalist accused Cleveland.com of publishing an AI "Express Desk" article under her byline without her consent, knowledge, or approval.

The LA Times’ Political Rating “AI” Is A Silly Joke Aimed At Validating Wealthy Media Ownership’s Inherent Bias
Late last year we wrote about how LA Times billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong confidently announced that he was going to use AI to display “artificial intelligence-generated ratings”…

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK
An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group.

Newsweek is making generative AI a fixture in its newsroom
The legacy publication is leaning on AI for video production, a new breaking news team, and first drafts of some stories.

Exclusive: New York Times tests out AI-generated search summaries
In recent weeks, the paper has quietly rolled out a new AI-powered search page for a small subset of visitors.

An Update On How I Use AI To Help With Techdirt (It’s Still Not Writing Articles)
Over in our Insider Chat, someone recently pointed out a tiered “REAL Rating” five-tier scale designed to replace the fairly blunt and misleading question of “did you use AI on th…

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
404 Media reviewed multiple examples of AI rip-offs making their way into Google News. Google said it doesn't focus on how an article was produced—by an AI or human—opening the way for more AI-generated articles.

Copy of Digital Masquerade
The Digital Masquerade: Unmasking AI’s Phantom Journalists By Tony Eastin and Sandeep Abraham, CAMS
Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News
Last week, an AI newsroom beat mainstream journalists—including WIRED—to a story about OpenAI and hacking. It’s just the beginning.

[Récap] Nous avons découvert des milliers de sites d’info générés par IA : tous nos articles
Entamée début 2024, notre enquête sur les « sites d’information » générés par IA (mais qui ne le précisent pas) nous avait permis d’en identifier 250 en…

生成AIニュースサイト1万5,000件超をNextが特定、Google Discoverがフランス利用者40%に到達 | Media Innovation / デジタルメディアのイノベーションを加速させる
・Nextが生成AIニュースサイトをフランス語圏で約15,000件特定し、Google DiscoverやGoogle News、MSN経由で読者に届いています ・2026年4月時点でDiscover上のGenAIニュースサイト上位250件は月間2,300万人、フランス国民の約40%に到達しました ・EU AI Act第50条のラベル表示義務を前に、Nextは警告表示用の無料ブラウザ拡張機能を提供しています

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