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☆ Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The 2024 Cody Stampede Parade promises to be an unforgettable celebration of American independence, led by one of comedy’s most beloved figures,” the Cody Enterprise reported. In an editorial published Monday, Enterprise Editor Chris Bacon said he “failed to catch” the AI copy and false quotes. “It matters not that the false quotes were the apparent error of a hurried rookie reporter that trusted AI. It was my job,” Bacon wrote. Another story — about a poaching sentencing — included quotes from a wildlife official and a prosecutor that sounded like they came from a news release, Baker said.

Persons: HELENA, CJ Baker, Larry, Cable Guy, ”, Baker, Aaron Pelczar, Buffalo Bill Cody, Chris Bacon, “, ” Bacon, Pelczar, Bacon, I’ve, ” Baker, —, Mark Gordon, ” Michael Pearlman, It’s, Alex Mahadevan, ” Mahadevan, Megan Barton, Cody Enterprise’s, ” Barton, Poynter Organizations: Powell Tribune, Cable, Cody, Stampede, Cody Enterprise, Enterprise, Buffalo, ” Journalists, Associated Press, AP, Sports, Wyoming Gov, OSHA, Wyoming, Fish Department, Poynter Institute Locations: Mont, Wyoming

☆ Snap slashes 10% of its workforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Paul Squire | Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Snap announced another round of layoffs on Monday, the latest for Snapchat's parent company. The company said in a regulatory filing that it would cut 10% of its workforce. Two workers at the social media company previously told Business Insider's Kali Hays that several dozen Snap staffers were let go on Friday and more cuts were expected. Meanwhile, BI previously reported the company has struggled to deal with shifts in the digital ad market and fierce competition from TikTok and Meta. It's the latest company to make cuts in what's been a brutal start to 2024 for tech workers.

Persons: Derek Andersen, Kali Hays Organizations: Apple's Locations: what's

☆ News outlets deny prior knowledge of Hamas attack after Israeli government demands answers over misleading report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The first pictures AP received from any freelancer show they were taken more than an hour after the attacks began. In a statement, CNN said Eslaiah was not working for the network on the day of the attack. “We had no prior knowledge of the October 7th attacks,” a CNN spokesperson said. A member of Israel’s war cabinet, Benny Gantz, also used the report to question whether journalists had prior knowledge of the attack. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounced the Israeli government’s rhetoric, warning it could put media workers in harm’s way.

Persons: Hassan Eslaiah, ” Lauren Easton, “, ”, ” Easton, Eslaiah, “ Hassan Eslaiah, Israel, Yousef Massoud, Yousef, photojournalists, HonestReporting, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Kaiser Organizations: CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, Israel, AP, ” Reuters, Hamas, “ Reuters, The Times, Government Press, Journalists, Protect Journalists Locations: Gaza, ”, Israel

DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesLike the Ford contract, the Stellantis deal would run through April 30, 2028. Jermaine Antwine and other Stellantis workers picketing outside the automaker’s Sterling Heights, Michigan, were excited Saturday after hearing news of a tentative deal. The union and Stellantis went into intense negotiations on Thursday, the day after the Ford deal was announced, and finalized the agreement on Saturday. Under the Ford deal, workers with pensions also will see small increases when they retire, and those hired after 2007 with 401(k) plans will get large increases.

Persons: Stellantis, Bruce Baumhower, “, Fain, Baumhower, Shawn Fain’s, ”, Jermaine Antwine, Antwine, Ford, Haleluya Hadero, Corey Williams Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Ford, Workers, Jeep, UAW, General Motors, GM, Saturday, Kentucky, Plant, Detroit, Hollywood, Teamsters, AP Locations: Michigan, Ohio, Stellantis, Belvidere , Illinois, Toledo , Ohio, Sterling Heights , Michigan, Pontiac , Michigan, Sterling, Texas , Michigan, Missouri, Louisville, Jersey City , New Jersey

☆ The Associated Press is offering early retirement to around 200 older staffers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Elaine Low | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Some 200 AP staffers are being offered retirement packages that will allow them to take their pension in a lump sum. The move will allow the AP to "reinvest any savings into people, technology and infrastructure," said a spokesperson. Around 200 Associated Press staffers near retirement age are being offered the opportunity to take their pensions in one lump sum, Insider has learned. The move is the latest by the AP to reduce its pension obligation, which costs the news cooperative millions of dollars a year. "We are offering some staff nearing retirement age the choice to take their pension benefit as a lump sum," an AP rep said.

☆ The Associated Press is offering older staffers the option to retire and take their pensions in one lump sum
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Elaine Low | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Some 200 AP staffers are being offered retirement packages that will allow them to take their pensions in a lump sum. The move will allow the AP to "reinvest any savings into people, technology and infrastructure," said a spokesperson. Around 200 Associated Press staffers near retirement age are being offered the opportunity to take their pensions in one lump sum, Insider has learned. The move is the latest by the AP to reduce its pension obligation, which costs the news cooperative millions of dollars a year. "We are offering some staff nearing retirement age the choice to take their pension benefit as a lump sum," an AP rep said.

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