BuzzFeed sells 'Hot Ones' franchise, will focus less on "human-created" content (thedesk.net) 2 points by ablation 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] [dead] neverClicking 1y ago ↗ [flagged] [–] JohnFen 1y ago ↗ Yeah, my thought was similar: this is the one thing that genAI could replace without a noticeable drop in quality. [–] ablation 1y ago ↗ Maybe the title buried the lede a bit.Some of BuzzFeed’s investigative journalism was genuinely good. Hot Ones was also great. What they’re doing is divesting themselves of this to focus on spewing gen AI listicles solely to act as bait for their own programmatic ad platform.It’s a definite step down.
[–] JohnFen 1y ago ↗ Yeah, my thought was similar: this is the one thing that genAI could replace without a noticeable drop in quality. [–] ablation 1y ago ↗ Maybe the title buried the lede a bit.Some of BuzzFeed’s investigative journalism was genuinely good. Hot Ones was also great. What they’re doing is divesting themselves of this to focus on spewing gen AI listicles solely to act as bait for their own programmatic ad platform.It’s a definite step down.
[–] ablation 1y ago ↗ Maybe the title buried the lede a bit.Some of BuzzFeed’s investigative journalism was genuinely good. Hot Ones was also great. What they’re doing is divesting themselves of this to focus on spewing gen AI listicles solely to act as bait for their own programmatic ad platform.It’s a definite step down.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 20.3 ms ] threadSome of BuzzFeed’s investigative journalism was genuinely good. Hot Ones was also great. What they’re doing is divesting themselves of this to focus on spewing gen AI listicles solely to act as bait for their own programmatic ad platform.
It’s a definite step down.