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8:20 AM ET, August 28, 2023

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Mia Sato / The Verge:
A look at AI chatbot Smart Answers that Foundry trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to their readers on August 1  —  By and large, the goal has been: can we make more pages for ads without paying more writers?  —  Now, a group of tech outlets …
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: the Barclay family launched a proposal last week to regain control of the Telegraph newspaper group by buying back ~£1B of debt from the Lloyds group  —  The titles' former owners have secured backing from Middle Eastern investors to table an offer to Lloyds Banking Group worth more than £500m, Sky News learns.
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Michael Geist:
Canada's Bill C-18 is set to take effect no later than December 19, 2023, but the country's broadcast regulator suggests media bargaining can't begin until 2025  —  The Bill C-18 legislative process was marked by repeated warnings from the government that this was an urgent issue that justified …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A NORC survey finds a substantial rise in philanthropy for journalism over the past five years and suggests outlets tighten ethical rules governing the spending  —  There has been a “substantial” increase in philanthropic spending for journalism over the past five years …
Washington Post:
How roiling tensions among a few community members in Marion, Kansas set in motion the police raid on Marion County Record that made headlines around the world  —  MARION, Kan. — The phone conversation between the journalist and the town's newly hired police chief quickly turned contentious.
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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Marion County Sheriff's Office agrees to destroy the files that the police copied from the Marion County Record's computers and illegally kept on a flash drive
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Emails: after the Pentagon complained, Fox News quietly amended and removed a story falsely claiming a dead Marine's family had to pay to transport her remains  —  The network quietly removed the story based on false claims from a congressman but did not apologize or run a correction
Karolle Rabarison / Online Journalism Awards:
The 2023 Online Journalism Awards winners include The Washington Post, The Marshall Project, Honolulu Civil Beat, The Pudding, and Argentina-based La Nacion  —  Winners across 23 categories were announced on Aug. 17 during a virtual celebration hosted by Imaeyen Ibanga, Presenter …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses the theft allegations and ethical missteps, but not sexual harassment claims, that prompted a production pause  —  Linus Media Group (LMG) founder Linus Sebastian explained LMG's HR policies and how it will improve accuracy and ethics in a video posted to YouTube last night.
Washington Post:
How Meta and YouTube, battered by content moderation wars, are following X in retreating from policing political misinformation, raising US 2024 election fears  —  Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube offers insights meant to guide Shorts creators, including how the Shorts algorithm differs from long-form YouTube's algorithm and what counts as a view  —  YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators' questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts.
 
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Stephen King / The Atlantic:
Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Meta, to assess if Facebook, Instagram, and its other apps were reinforcing “rabbit hole” effects and other issues

Wall Street Journal:
Source: Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 employees involved in its China-based AI and cloud computing operations to consider relocating to other countries

Jez Corden / Windows Central:
Microsoft's decisions, like Start Menu ads, closing studios, porting AAA games to PS5, and seemingly pulling back on Surface show a short-term financial focus
 
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