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vga256 vga256@tomodori.net

i mean, at least you're being transparent about your LLM use but jesus, it goes without saying that you just lost a subscriber @taprootyeg

edmonton.taproot.news/about/ai

Chris Silverman 🌻 csilverman@mastodon.social

@vga256 @taprootyeg "summarizing audio, visual, and/or written work from other sources;"

Just going to leave this out here...

arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/

Thad Thad@brontosin.space

@vga256 It's technically transparent, but I sure feel like it's not an accident that they start with the ones that sound reasonable like "analyzing large datasets" (something ML is actually good for!) and put "generating first drafts" in the middle where it's least noticeable.

Richard Moss MossRC
@vga256 I'm astonished how few journalists seem to understand that using genAI for first drafts and summarising documents *is* using it to replace reporting. These two things are at the very core of what reporting is, and they cannot be automated away without compromising the integrity of the work.
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vga256 vga256@tomodori.net

@MossRC couldn't have put it better myself.

Ă–lbaum oscherler@tooting.ch

@MossRC Swiss newspaper Le Temps has “20 seconds summary” on their online articles, with a notice that they might be written by AI.

When I asked them what the fuck, they’re literally the place that has all the people whose job it is to write those, their reply was the usual whiny “but there are external pieces, and you know, the economy …” 🤮
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Richard Moss MossRC

@oscherler @vga256 Ugh, what a cop out. If they're doing news properly, you'd get all the "20 seconds summary" information from the headline, subhead, and first paragraph anyway.