BuzzFeed goes AI — then it goes broke (pivot-to-ai.com)

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go slop, go flop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwt54FUmKLI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260326-buzzfeed-goes-ai-then-it-goes-broke - podcast

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[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

It felt very much like the devil's bargain of online media. Like, you can have your prestige journalism as a treat, but only if the slop flows fast enough that we need clout more than eyeballs.

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