G/O Media is the owner of top sites such as Gizmodo, Kotaku, Quartz and The Onion. Last month, the company announced a “low-key test” of AI-generated content on its site, which reportedly didn’t go well internally. washington post.
Soon, Gizmodo’s science fiction deputy editor io9 will flag 18 “concerns, corrections and comments” about the AI-generated stories of “Gizmodo bots” in chronological order of Star Wars movies and TV shows. was erected. “Never of any colleague I have worked with have had to deal with such a basic level of incompetence,” said James Whitbrook. director in an interview. “If these AI [chatbots] I can’t even do something as basic as putting the Star Wars movies in order, I don’t think I can trust it [report] Any accurate information will do. ”
There’s no denying the irony that Gizmodo, a publication devoted to technology, was in an uproar… G/O Media’s editorial director, Meryl Brown, said that G/O Media has several technology sites. owns a responsibility to “do everything possible to develop AI initiatives relatively early in the evolution of technology.” “These features are not meant to replace the work that writers and editors do today,” Brown told staff in an effort to test “editorial and technical thinking around the use of AI.” Announced that the test will be rolled out.
“There will be mistakes and they will be fixed as soon as possible,” he promised…in a Slack message seen by the Post, Brown told a disgruntled employee on Thursday that the company “We are keen to gather feedback carefully and act on it,” he said. … “According to a screenshot of the conversation on Slack, the note has 16 thumbs up emojis, 11 trash can emojis, 6 clown emojis, 2 face palm emojis, 2 poop emojis.” A pictogram of…
Earlier this week, Lee Goldman, deputy editorial director at G/O Media, said the company had “started limited testing” of AI-generated articles on four sites: AV Club, Deadspin, Gizmodo and The Slack. notified employees. Takeout … employees quickly responded with messages of concern and skepticism, according to messages seen by the Post. “Our job description does not include editing or reviewing AI-generated content,” said one employee. “If you wanted an article about the order of the Star Wars movies…you could have asked,” said another. “AI is a solution that looks for problems,” the worker said. “We have talented writers who understand what we’re doing, so what you’re doing is effectively just wasting everyone’s time. ”
The Post found four AI-generated articles on the company’s sites, including io9, Deadspin, and the company’s food site, The Takeout.
At least two of these four stories had to be revised after publication.
