What Journalists Need to Learn From AI-Generated Grey Slime

Journalism could definitely take a page from the Google-bombing and domain-squatting playbook.

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As we enter the “grey slime” phase of AI-generated content, we need to remind ourselves that, for better or worse, it works.

I recently read a Wired article about the new owner of The Hairpin, a beloved blog that went under in about 2018 and remained dormant for years. Now, however, it’s been brought back through the magic of AI.