"one of my friends finally asked why I keep linking pivot in group chat and I summarized it as anti-AI coverage from the independent journalist that cryptocurrency companies think is the devil and I think it's working" Text: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/20/newspaper-editorials-written-by-ai-dont-go-down-so-well/

Manhattan Mercury on ChatGPT, 2022: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-publisher-yes-i-really-wrote-this-column-about-chatgpt/article_15e771a9-9226-5949-ae88-97bcee969802.html Mercury supports college protests: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-publisher-the-first-amendment-and-college-protests/article_728c4822-f9dd-11ef-a442-e7d6b5d003a3.html Robot doesn't support college protests: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-robot-free-speech-has-limits-and-universities-should-enforce-hem/article_ba568ba6-f9ea-11ef-8712-476f7a3b2064.html Mercury opposes phones in class: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-publisher-ban-phones-in-schools/article_c01a16bc-fad9-11ef-a02a-73d08deaf68d.html Robot supports phones in class: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-robot-a-smarter-approach-than-a-phone-ban/article_654fd342-fada-11ef-b645-2b7fc9e27a68.html Mercury won't do this again: https://themercury.com/opinion/from-the-publisher-domo-arigato-mr-roboto/article_877b256e-fe83-11ef-8538-cb11a98fd102.html LA Times robot defends KKK: https://bsky.app/profile/rmac.bsky.social/post/3ljjqjkgfs22f https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-newspaper-owners-ai-bot-defends-kkk/

Previously:

LA Times 'bias meter' goes live, pushes AI slop without editorial review: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/04/la-times-bias-meter-goes-live-pushes-ai-slop-without-journalistic-review/ UK local papers go weird as Reach pivots to AI from journalism: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/04/uk-local-papers-go-weird-as-reach-pivots-to-ai-from-journalism/

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