Mediagazer: Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

8:00 PM ET, June 27, 2024

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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:

The WHCA says it is “deeply concerned” that CNN blocked repeated requests to let the White House travel pool in studio for tonight's presidential debate — scoop: The White House Correspondents' Association says it's “deeply concerned” that CNN “has rejected our repeated requests to include the White House travel pool inside the studio.” The full statement: [image]

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@cbcpac:

The head of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC calls on CNN to give credentials to Black-owned media outlets for tonight's debate; none were credentialed so far — Full statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: [image]

Discussion: @elienyc, Atlanta Black Star, @symonedsanders, @elienyc, @rolandsmartin, @rolandsmartin, @stefmylestennis, @stacybrownmedia, @atlblackstar, @murphyajc, @attorneygriggs, @notcapnamerica, EBONY, @atlblackstar, @joyannreid@threads.net, @fly_sistah and @rolandsmartin

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

CNN responds to the WHCA on debate access: the print pool reporter gets studio access at the first ad break, and a tight pool of photographers gets full access — In a statement, CNN responded to concerns from the WHCA on press access to the debate room. The network says the “debate is being held without an audience in a CNN studio and is closed to press.” [image]

Discussion: The Wrap, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg

Bloomberg:

Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the online comics company's Nasdaq debut, giving it a market value of ~$2.9B, after an IPO that raised $315M — - Online comics company's first-time share sale priced at top — Firm sees growth beyond Korea coming from Japan, France

Discussion: Forbes, Reuters, Crunchbase News, @nasdaqexchange and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
Naver-owned online comics platform Webtoon raised $315M in its Nasdaq IPO at $21 per share, the top of its $18-$21 marketed range, valuing the company at $2.7B

Discussion: Publishing Perspectives, BBC, Yahoo Finance, WEBTOON, @lucas_shaw, @nasdaqexchange, Fast Company, KED Global and Reuters

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:

Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals — Nieman Lab's tests show ChatGPT is directing users to broken URLs for at least 10 publications with OpenAI licensing deals.

Discussion: @jaredlholt, @decka227, @adamjohnsonchi, @researchbuzz@researchbuzz … and @christianschwaegerl …

Wired:

Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so — AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites …

Discussion: @dmehro, The Verge, TechCrunch and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Margaret Fleming / Front Office Sports:

A Los Angeles jury sides against the NFL in a Sunday Ticket antitrust trial, saying the league owes $4.7B+ to subscribers and $96M to bars and restaurants — A jury in Los Angeles sided against the NFL on Thursday in the Sunday Ticket trial that could cost the league billions.

Associated Press:

The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft, saying OpenAI violated copyrights — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft …

Discussion: Engadget, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter

Matthew Keys / The Desk:

Comcast is adding the sports-focused Fubo app to supported Xfinity Flex, Xumo TV, and Xumo Stream boxes — Customers of Comcast's broadband product Xfinity Internet now have access to sports-centric streaming service Fubo on the company's lased streaming boxes.

Discussion: Media Play News, Cord Cutters News, Next TV and The Streamable

Haleluya Hadero / Associated Press:

Seven nonprofits including the Freedom of the Press Foundation file a brief saying the US law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is unconstitutional — A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform …

Discussion: MediaPost

Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:

Paramount has shut down its Comedy Central website, which held The Daily Show clips and the full run of The Colbert Report, after its shutdown of MTV News' site — First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer. — ComedyCentral.com had been home …

David Roeder / Chicago Sun Times:

Chicago Public Media names Vox co-founder Melissa Bell as its new CEO, starting September 3; CPM owns the Chicago Sun-Times and public radio station WBEZ — The founder and former publisher of Vox Media will take over in September. — Melissa Bell, former publisher of Vox Media …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Jennifer Kho on LinkedIn, Current, Tracy Brown on LinkedIn, @dicktofel and WBEZ

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Brian Stelter / The Atlantic:
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Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
The Oaklandside's publisher, Cityside, launches Richmondside in Richmond, CA, a town where the top employer, Chevron, owns the primary news source

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A look at YouTube's growing dominance as Nielsen says it had ~10% of all viewership on connected and traditional TVs in the US in May, ahead of Netflix's 7.6%

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NewsGuild of New York:
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Amazon reportedly adding tariff pricing to each product on its site “is a hostile and political act by Amazon”

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta launches the Meta AI app, a standalone ChatGPT competitor featuring a Discover feed, where users can see AI interactions that friends have chosen to share

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
WhatsApp plans to add cloud-based AI features like message summarization and composition, utilizing a system called Private Processing to maintain data privacy

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