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   Julian Oliver (julianoliver@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 15:20:49 JST Julian Oliver

   Buzzfeed's shares go from $15 to 70 cents, now approaching bankruptcy, seemingly as a result of going all-in on 'AI' generated content.

   This emerging pattern does not speak to a wicked problem. Rather, it should be no surprise that people don't want to read machine-generated content that outwardly pretends to come from a person. Because it is innately &intrinsically deceptive, which people do not like, so ending trust that will be very hard to win back. If at all

   https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

   #ai

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 15:46:35 JST Jeri Dansky

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     • saxnot

     @saxnot That was my reaction, too. BuzzFeed News was amazing, once upon a time.

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 15:46:38 JST saxnot

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     @JulianOliver that's so sad so see! Buzzfeed did award winning journalism (despite the jokes we do about it) and seeing it run into the ground is sad

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 18:51:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     @JulianOliver I may not have any fucks left to give but I still have a wearhouse full of small violins to distribute.

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