the joy of reading is that human writers make intentional choices. AI-generated text does not. it's not "this reads better," it's "what did the author intend when they chose to write something this particular way?"
We made a blind taste test to see whether NYT readers prefer human writing or AI writing.
86,000 people have taken it so far, and the results are fascinating. Overall, 54% of quiz-takers prefer AI. A real moment!
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Wielding the power of the state to intimidate news agencies against reporting on the government's illegal abuses of power is literal authoritarianism. I'm not speaking figuratively, I'm not calling it a warning sign. It's authoritarianism. It's here.
It's beyond unacceptable that Amazon, the 2nd largest corporation in America, owned by Jeff Bezos, the 2nd wealthiest person on Earth, continues to put their huge profits ahead of the health & safety of their workers.
Sadly, that's precisely what my 160-page report today found.
Woman dies after having a miscarriage. The fifth case ProPublica has reported in which women died after they did not receive a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent, a dilation and evacuation; three of those deaths were in Texas. https://t.co/GPRPd8v5GL
Abortion bans kill another woman. On the day of her baby shower, Nevaeh Crain went to the ER bleeding & feverish. She was diagnosed with sepsis, a deadly infection - but her fetus still had a heart beat. She was sent home. After her 3rd ER visit, she died.
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🚨🚨Most US counties now have little to no local news sources
—Number of counties at high risk of losing all local news jumped 22% this year
—While there's been an uptick in digital news sites, the vast majority serve metro areas, not rural news deserts
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nice scoop from @Ryanbarwick: the DOJ and NCIS have spoken to ad execs about recent brand-safety scandals and are inquiring about the effectiveness of tools provided by Integral Ad Science and DoubleVerify https://t.co/qA2HcjwiGV
The US govt sent $8.7 billion in military aid to Israel yesterday to help it continue its war with Hezbollah, but isn't paying to evacuate US citizens from harm's way in Lebanon, despite urging them to leave.
Eric Adams claims he changed his cell phone password to prevent his staff from deleting any messages or information. Unfortunately, he told investigators, he immediately forgot the new password and so wouldn’t be able to assist them in opening his phone
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Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they fired at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train. https://t.co/FxqYn8cZ82
here’s @Ryanbarwick's dispatch from day 1 of the DOJ v google trial, during which the gov’t argued that the tech giant operates a ‘trifecta of monopolies’ https://t.co/tvWBUnoouS
Campus protest crackdowns claim to be about antisemitism – but they’re part of a right-wing plan.
I wrote about the broader autocratic project exploiting fears for “Jewish safety” in @guardian. https://t.co/dyX1cbGizp
in about eight minutes, columbia is set to announce the winners of this year's pulitzer prizes at the exact same time it is clamping down on the press freedom of its own students. you couldn't make it up