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Microsoft's latest AI move sends all the wrong Signals — but is it just 'enhancing journalism'?

Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor to create Signal, a news story generation tool that combines AI research with the written work of actual journalists.

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Does AI have a future in newsrooms amid misinformation reports? Microsoft certainly thinks so and even has a tuition-free AI-focused program for journalists on how to incorporate it into their work

Microsoft has several measures to prepare journalists for the future with AI better. It further details steps they can take to incorporate the technology into their workflow and its benefits to the entire process.

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Microsoft teams up with Semafor for AI-driven news content

Learn about Microsoft's new partnership with Semafor, a collaboration that aims to leverage AI to enhance news content and improve user experience.

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‘I just got laid off’: news startup the Messenger abruptly shutters after a year

Employees blindsided by news that company blew through $50m investment, will offer no severance and will cut off healthcare

The Guardian - US

Listening to numbers drop: Apple’s iOS update to podcast downloads deflated the number of listeners

Is Apple obligated to notify the podcast industry that an iOS update might be changing how the number of podcast listeners are calculated?

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Google steals Meta's 'efficiency' excuse as it lays off hundreds in AI pivot, loses Fitbit leaders

Stop us if you've heard this before: Google, an extremely profitable company for shareholders, is shedding itself of employees because of economic "conditions" and pivoting to AI at the expense of other departments.

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Jimmy Kimmel gives perfect response to George Santos’ demand for $20,000 over Cameo prank

George Santos has taken to posting videos on Cameo, the site where celebrities offer short greetings for a fee

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel pranks George Santos into making hilarious Cameo videos

Former congressman has taken to posting videos on Cameo following his expulsion from Congress last week

The Independent UK

George Santos brags about raking in major cash from $400 Cameo videos

The disgraced former congressman launched his account on the site just four days ago

The Independent UK

George Santos reportedly making six figures by selling Cameo videos

Disgraced lawmaker generating more income making personalized videos than previous salary as US congressman

The Guardian - US

Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show

Channel president says change aims to put network in ‘better position’ for the 2024 US elections, The Hill reports.

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Dismay as Mehdi Hasan’s MSNBC and Peacock news show cancelled

British-born journalist’s program had gained reputation for hard-hitting interviews

The Guardian - US

Most of Microsoft's $10bn investment in OpenAI has gone on cloud

Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI might be more fragile than we thought, especially with its new hirees.

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The Independent UK

Michael Flynn kept leftover money from legal defence fund, lawsuit claims

Flynn family member claims CNN pushed notion that they pledged allegiance to QAnon and connected them to ‘violent extremist group’

Al Jazeera

Billionaires are teaming up for pro-Israel, anti-Hamas media drive: Report

The campaign is seeking million-dollar donations from dozens of big names in media, finance and tech, Semafor reported.

Newslaundry

From writer who lost his ‘orchard’ to mother of 3: Journalist toll rises in Israel-Palestine violence

“We are still trying to withstand and continue coverage so the world can see the Israeli crimes in Gaza,” wrote Ain Media co-founder and Palestinian journalist Roshdi Sarraj on Instagram, referring to the increasing tally of dead journalists, internet blackouts and attacks on media offices. Five days later, he was…

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At least 21 journalists dead so far, most in Israeli attacks: CPJ report

At least 21 journalists have been killed so far in the Israel-Palestine violence, most of them in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. These include 17 Palestinians, three Israelis, and one Lebanese journalist, according to the CPJ report.

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AMC’s CEO reveals he was the victim of an ‘elaborate criminal extortion’ where he was blackmailed and threatened with ‘personal embarrassment’

Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theatres, said the crime threatened to damage his “impeccable reputation.”

Salon

Trump has reason to worry about RFK Jr.

Trump depends on the crank vote that the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist could siphon off

Fortune

The founder who sold the startup that would become Amazon’s Alexa called Big Tech 'apex predators' and says that’s why everyone is scared of AI

Igor Jablokov is a renowned figure in the AI world who started his career at IBM before launching two AI startups, one which became the foundation for Amazon’s Alexa.

The Independent UK

Republicans pile on Biden’s ousted Iran envoy after new reports allege aides had links to Tehran

Reports allege three aides to Rob Malley were part of effort supposedly backed by Iran’s foreign ministry

Roll Call

Arrington sets House budget resolution markup next week - Roll Call

The House Budget panel plans to mark up a fiscal 2024 budget resolution Sept. 20, ending months of skepticism about whether it would happen.

Reason

Ben Smith's One Neat Trick for Going Viral

The Semafor editor and former BuzzFeed News editor in chief on the online media explosion of the 2000s.

The Independent UK

What time is 2024 Republican presidential primary debate and how to watch it?

Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will ask questions at the first GOP debate on Wednesday night

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