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The Truth About the Death of Artifact

There's a silver lining in the demise of the AI-powered news aggregator designed to "feed your curiosity."

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Pete Pachal
Jan 18, 2024
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The fact that Artifact, the AI-powered news aggregation app launched to much fanfare last year by Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, announced it was shutting down about a year after launch, could be taken as a strike against the viability of using AI in news — or more specifically, news distribution. But that would be a misread of what r…

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