The unionreps about 100 staffers at the media companywhose sites include The Onion, A.V.
Club, Deadspin, Gizmodo and several others.
Read the full WGA East statement below.
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The posted articles, called tests by G/O management, were riddled with errors and even an ethnic slur.
The posted articles, called tests by G/O management, were riddled with errors and even an ethnic slur.
Still, a company representative toldTheWashington Postthat these articles were successful.
These AI-generated posts are only the beginning.
Such articles represent an existential threat to journalism.
Our members are professionally harmed by G/O Medias supposed test of AI-generated articles.
But this fight is not only about members in online media.
This is the same fight happening in broadcast newsrooms throughout our union.
AI-generated journalism is an oxymoron that we cannot allow to take hold among media outlets.
Do not select these stories.
Do not give these companies the satisfaction of a click.
That traffic cannibalizes the great work done by our overworked members.
