BI, Wired Tricked By AI Freelance ‘Author’
August 21, 2025
8:39 am
This is a must-read article about both Business Insider and Wired being tricked by a phony freelance reporter writing phony stories. If BI and Wired
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Informa TechTarget to License Its Archives For AI
July 25, 2025
6:47 am
The WSJ has the story.
SWMS ‘Sound Thinking’: David Strom on AI
July 21, 2025
3:16 pm
Veteran tech journalist David Strom is working with a couple of AI developers to understand exactly the nature of his writing as it has unfolded
Catch Up on SDxCentral
July 20, 2025
5:51 am
It’s been tough to keep track of SDxCentral this year, with the sale… management moves… Here’s a podcast and an article that will help you
Layoffs at Informa Techtarget
July 18, 2025
11:30 am
Newly merged TechTarget and Informa this month laid off 10 percent of their employees. Check out the euphemism in the 8-K: “[the] net reduction [will
BI Lets You Advertise Against Emotion
July 13, 2025
9:10 am
Using NLP software, Business Insider assesses how readers will react to its content emotionally, and then sells advertising based on that info. For example, an
Just What We Need: An Avalanche of Fake News Sites
July 12, 2025
9:40 am
An avalanche of fake news sites threatens the viability of the web itself. You may need a subscription to read this article, but this publication
Ron Miller’s Bosses at Boldstart Raise $250M
July 9, 2025
9:50 am
The former TC star reporter picked a good place to go. Here’s his latest.
ChatGPT Caught Lying
July 5, 2025
8:56 am
When Axios prompted ChatGPT for basic background research on Wealthfront’s confidential IPO filing last week, the bot confidently detailed a Wealthfront investor deck. The problem?
Axios Belatedly Launches A Business-of-Media Event Franchise
June 26, 2025
3:58 pm
Indy media business experts Brian Morrissey and Jacob Cohen Donnelly have built two very successful businesses with both newsletters and face-to-face events. Axios has noticed
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BI, Wired Tricked By AI Freelance ‘Author’
August 21, 2025
This is a must-read article about both Business Insider and Wired being tricked by a phony freelance reporter writing phony stories. If BI and Wired can be fooled, everybody can be fooled.
SWMS ‘Sound Thinking’: David Strom on AI
July 21, 2025
Veteran tech journalist David Strom is working with a couple of AI developers to understand exactly the nature of his writing as it has unfolded over the years. In this edition of Sound Thinking, David shares his learnings and where everything might go.
Catch Up on SDxCentral
July 20, 2025
It’s been tough to keep track of SDxCentral this year, with the sale… management moves… Here’s a podcast and an article that will help you catch up.. thank you, Ben, for the assistance.
Layoffs at Informa Techtarget
July 18, 2025
Newly merged TechTarget and Informa this month laid off 10 percent of their employees. Check out the euphemism in the 8-K: “[the] net reduction [will be] up to approximately 10% of the Company’s current global colleague base.” That just beats all, doesn’t it?
BI Lets You Advertise Against Emotion
July 13, 2025
Using NLP software, Business Insider assesses how readers will react to its content emotionally, and then sells advertising based on that info. For example, an advertiser can choose to advertise against a story (or video) that makes you feel good or optimistic or pessimistic. This is where content is headed; and this trend may someday affect the way that you pitch.