I wish the journalists & their union good luck but would also advise them to keep their eyes and ears open and their resumes updated. They will be fighting their far right owners.
They don't want to wind up like (who was it, Chicago Sun-Times?) who ran an entire AI article in their PRINT edition that fabricated all kinds of stuff?
Politico union members allege the AI tools violated their contract in several ways, and are taking the dispute to arbitration this July. “The company is required to give us 60 days notice of any use of new technology that will materially and substantively impact bargaining unit job duties."
“This isn’t just a contract dispute, it’s a test of whether journalists have a say in how AI is used in our work. With no federal rules in place, union contracts remain one of the only enforceable frameworks for AI accountability on a national scale,” says Newsguild president Jon Schleuss.
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Was it sold as A.I. slop, or did Hearst represent it as real journalism? Because if it's the latter, that is get-punched-in-the-neck fraud!
But if it's just the former, only the company that didn't fact-(or even quality)-check needs the ole punch-in-tha-neck.
https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3lpmvjzoj2c2g