20250604 - Washington Post is going to AI to clean up amateur right-wing op-eds

Surely there are more subscribers to lose Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/04/washington-post-goes-ai-to-clean-up-amateur-right-wing-op-eds/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: The Washington Post's New Mission: Reach 'All of America' https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/business/media/the-washington-post-new-mission.html The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/business/media/washington-post-opinion-ripple.html Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations Embattled WaPo Publisher Met With Conservative Editor for Advice on Recruiting More Right-Wingers https://www.mediaite.com/media/embattled-wapo-publisher-met-with-conservative-editor-for-advice-on-recruiting-more-right-wingers/ Despite Bezos' Efforts to Shove WaPo Opinion to the Right, Op-Eds Still Taking Defiantly Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk Tone https://www.mediaite.com/analysis/despite-bezos-efforts-to-shove-wapo-opinion-to-the-right-op-eds-still-taking-defiantly-anti-trump-anti-musk-tone/ The Contrarian https://contrarian.substack.com/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Newspaper AI roundup: Guardian AI strike-breaking, Apple switches off bad summaries, WaPo wants to go AI, AFP, Axios https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/19/newspaper-ai-roundup-guardian-ai-strike-breaking-apple-switches-off-bad-summaries-wapo-wants-to-go-ai-afp-axios/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA