Would Patrick Soon-Shiong Sell the LA Times? Would Anyone Buy It?
Would the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong, consider selling? There's every good reason to think so. With his newsroom staff in open revolt, with Soon-Shiong expressing open contempt of said staff,
The LA Times’ new AI tool sympathized with the KKK. Its owner wasn’t aware until hours later
The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, who unveiled an AI tool that generates opposing perspectives to be displayed on Opinion stories, was unaware the new tool had created pro-KKK arguments less than 24 hours after it launched — and hours after the AI comments had been taken down.
Over 40 LA Times Newsroom Staffers Take Buyouts: ‘Tremendous Amount of Institutional Knowledge Lost’
More than 40 newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times have taken the buyout offered by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
It only took a day for LA Times' new AI tool to sympathize with the KKK
Insights, a new Los Angeles Times AI-powered summary and "bias meter" tool, offered a rosy perspective on the Ku Klux Klan in Orange County.
L.A. Times Owner Adds Bias Meter, AI-Generated Copy On Articles, Drawing Criticism From Guild
The newspaper's new "Insights" tool, which situates stories along the political spectrum, "risks further eroding confidence in the news," says one union leader.
AI now ‘analyzes’ LA Times articles for bias
Yesterday morning, billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong published a letter to readers letting them know the outlet is now using AI to add a “Voices” label to articles that take “a stance” or are “written from a personal perspective.
LA Times Embraces AI to Give 'Political Rating' Bias Meter to Opinion Stories
The Los Angeles Times will be using a new artificial intelligence tool to give a "political rating" to its opinion stories and other articles, owner Patrick Soon-Shiong announced on Monday. LAT's new AI feature,
Los Angeles' paper of record loses veteran Los Angeles Angels writer
The Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Angels have a funny thing in common: employees of both Southern California institutions go to work in a city other tha
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The L.A. Times adds AI-generated counterpoints to its opinion pieces and guess what, there are problems
The L.A. Times will appear more "objective" if it presents both sides of an issue, even if one side's written by a human and the other side is generated by AI. The reality: Kind of a mess.
LA Times Will Label Opinion Articles With AI-Powered ‘Bias Meter’
Some articles will also include a new section that automatically generates counterarguments using AI models from Perplexity.
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Would Patrick Soon-Shiong Sell the LA Times? Would Anyone Buy It?
Would the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong, consider selling? There’s every good reason to think so. With his newsroom staff in open revolt, with Soon-Shiong ...