Gia

Stop news-ing. Start playing.

We use #AI to find, script, and talk stories that inform and entertain.

Gia is coming.

[Gia @giadotapp]

At this stage of our game, we gotta shout out our founder when he gets published!

Because: thought leadership.

@theuncharles is in @wnip!

[uncharles @theuncharles]

The NYT may be blocking #AI, but the good folks at @wnip / @MediaMakersMeet aren’t blocking satirical looks at upside world of modern media.

https://t.co/LjnzqcdQPO

[Gia @giadotapp]

@NiemanLab @TexasTribune If the gold standard lays off 10% of its staff (mostly journalists), nonprofit journalism needs new ideas.

May we suggest — audio.

Use your content to turn a news desert into an audio oasis!

[uncharles @theuncharles]

News is broken. B/c news chooses to be broken. They know what people want. They say it, ignore it, go out of business, complain about, and lament the loss of “news.”

The @TexasTribune announced their first ever layoffs yesterday. Sad. But predictable and perhaps preventable.

[Gia @giadotapp]

We want to do more than like tweets. If you’re a news publisher hurt by C-18, we’re want to help.

We built Gia to talk the news you write. We’re not search or social. So people can hear your stories & share your links.

Work with us to solve news for Canadians.

DM us to talk.

[Anja Karadeglija @AnjaKaradeglija]

Often started by the journalists themselves, in an already-difficult-to-survive environment, small outlets are now the most vulnerable to Meta’s news-blocking. How are independent and community news across the country dealing?

https://t.co/JO5nCWQnqT via @nationalpost

[uncharles @theuncharles]

C-18 is such an important story – in so many ways. @AnjaKaradeglija helped us see that losing news hurts Canadians and the people who report on the news.

[Gia @giadotapp]

“… audiences are becoming increasingly dependent on audio experiences, further <<driving>> the need for news media organisations to explore how to implement audio as an option.”

A great story on the need to audio-fy news by @paula_felps.

https://t.co/w7rss76j4m

[uncharles @theuncharles]

I am so proud to have played a role building @talkmedspoke .

Our team knew expert doctors (like @Kidney_boy) wanted ppl to hear what they have to say. But it’s hard to produce talks. And you can't share MP3s on Twitter, LinkedIn, or other places.

We made it easy. Have a listen!

[Gia @giadotapp]

You don’t stream someone else’s music. Why would you stream someone else’s news?

Right - you don’t.

That’s why we’re building Gia. To make spoken word as personal as the tunes you actually want to hear.

[coming soon]

[Gia @giadotapp]

@risj_oxford Short news needs to live where it can be aggregated, curated, and streamed.

This is true for video.
It would be true for audio if there were a platform that did this.

Hmmmmmmm….

[Gia @giadotapp]

@fnjacobs @pewresearch Great comments on the story back at @fnjacobs Jacob’s Media site.

Marty Bender says we no longer need radio for music. Eludes to the idea that talked news need to be more personal.

Hey, Marty, we’d love to talk to you!!

[Gia @giadotapp]

@krehbielgroup Yes!

[Gia @giadotapp]

@theuncharles When we launch in a few weeks, @giadotapp will be more than an app that informs and entertains, it will create content that media outlets can syndicate.

For a sneak peek or more deets, DM us.

[uncharles @theuncharles]

@giadotapp With AI, $SIRI, could:

+ create local news channels in every major market
+ enhance the value of their service
+ compete with local AM & FM stations
+ attract local advertisers
+ and, decrease costs

[Gia @giadotapp]

When subs and revenue stall for two years, you’ve hit a pretty tough ceiling.

The next play is to cut costs. Not just headcount, but the cost of inputs. For Sirius, that’s the cost of content.

At what point will Sirius start to use #AI to generate their news?

[Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive]

SiriusXM is struggling to attract new subscribers, financial disclosure reports show $SIRI https://t.co/spkSUVC2qa

[Gia @giadotapp]

What can #AI do to improve our in-car experience?

[Gia @giadotapp]

Left or right? Which logo do you just have to press?

Looking for some human help for our #ai-powered #startup

[uncharles @theuncharles]

Which app icon would you press to be informed and entertained?

We’re down to two logos for our #startup. She’s called @giadotapp (b/c she generates intelligent audio). She uses #AI to find, script, and talk thousands of stories a day.

Would welcome some human input...

[Gia @giadotapp]

#AI, generate a headline for a big, recent news story that will bait clicks to drive traffic and make money. Show your work…

Dog bites man – yawn.
Man bites dog – derivative.
Man bites god – oops, typo. nope.

Kid took leak — meh.
Leak took kid — money.

[Gia @giadotapp]

@jacobsmedia “All of us… worry about how artificial intelligence bots might soon replace us.

When we do work that is algorithmic, unsurprising, predictable, polemical and formulaic, we make ourselves pretty easy to replace.”

@nprscottsimon

[Gia @giadotapp]

The #future of #news is: fast, easy, and irresistibly good.

So, we took out the things you don’t need – finicky little buttons.

This #BlueBubble is everything you need.

It’s impossible not to touch it.
Go on – we dare you.

Curious? Sign up 👆 or follow us on LinkedIn.

[Gia @giadotapp]

@pressgazette 83% of people who create the news use Twitter primarily to, “Follow the news.”

Does that mean 83% of the 99% of people who don’t create news are primarily fine with scrolling headlines?

If a regular perusal of headlines mollifies a “news-sumer,” news needs a new business model.