1/200 S2E61 - Journalism, Media Funding and AI

DescriptionDavid Farrier joins us to discuss the advent of AI in the media space, recent lay-offs and the funding structures that led us here. We go into broader detail about the forces driving these issues, particularly in the tech industry, and what hope there is for journalism.This episode’s co-hostsMark, Kyle, DavidTimestamps0:00 Introductions2:20 Google’s AI Publishing5:05 Will AI Stick in Publications7:15 Spam in a New Era12:05 The Purpose of Media 14:40 The Cost of a Newsroom17:57 New Zealand's Extreme and Conspiracy Media24:22 How AI Makes This Worse28:46 Discovery’s Impact30:20 New Zealand Exceptionalism 32:47 Anti-Journalist Brainrot34:00 News Scraping35:28 Tech v News37:33 Tech Buying Politics39:09 Investing in Newsrooms42:01 Restabilization of News Media45:29 Tech Taking Over News Filtering51:15 Pushing Back on How AI is Sold54:49 Community Overrides All56:52 ClosingsIntro/Outro by The Prophet MotiveSupport us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200