AP Senior Product Manager for AI Aimee Rinehart wrote in internal company Slack messages referring to the Plain Dealer’s parent company. “Resistance is futile.”

One AP reporter fumed that the “dismissiveness and disdain some of you have shown for human writing are insulting and abhorrent,” per Semafor. “Strong reporting and clear writing are the lifeblood of journalism, not AI-written slop.”

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    Imagine saying that in a Slack channel filled with journalists and thinking it wouldn’t be leaked.

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      That’s been the model for generative AI so far, so I guess they’re sticking with the plan.

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    Manager associated press should talk to manager Ars Technica who just had to fire someone because AI made up a bunch of “facts” and “quotes”.

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    Ah so the the product manager FOR AI says that you need it.

    Manager of the fuck you in the ass machine says you need to keep being fucked in the ass by the fuck you in the ass machine.

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    So put your money where your mouth is and hire that guy Ars Technica just fired for using AI to write a story. Benji something.