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[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 4 points 1 day ago

@dgerard

> The New York Times, a daily puzzle site with a side business in bad opinion pieces

This is grossly unfair, they also have a very good cookery channel on YouTube

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 56 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The New York Times, a daily puzzle site with a side business in bad opinion pieces

LMFAO, just, LOL.

[–] jaschop@awful.systems 23 points 4 days ago

For those who just can't shake their Wordle habit:

Try https://duotrigordle.com/

32 times the Wordle and none of the NYT enshittification

[–] nightsky@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

A few weeks ago there was news of this "human authored" certification for books. Newspapers and many other things should think about something like that, too. If that existed, it would certainly be something I would look for when deciding whether to subscribe to something or not...

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 23 points 4 days ago

RIP guardian.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, is there any resource for news media that don't use exploitative Large Language Sausage Makers to produce articles?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago

it's getting a bit thin! Here's the Press Gazette page, which they keep up to date, of media outlets that have done AI deals, whether they're adding slop to their output or just taking bribes from OpenAI:

https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 days ago

Another one bites the dust.