Would the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong, consider selling? There's every good reason to think so. With his newsroom staff in open revolt, with Soon-Shiong expressing open contempt of said staff,
More than 40 newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times have taken the buyout offered by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
The newspaper's new "Insights" tool, which situates stories along the political spectrum, "risks further eroding confidence in the news," says one union leader.
LA Times new AI-powered "Insights" feature, backfired when it generated content that downplayed the history of the KKK. A lesson for any business on generative AI.
Yesterday morning, billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong published a letter to readers letting them know the outlet is now using AI to add a “Voices” label to articles that take “a stance” or are “written from a personal perspective.
Managing editor Hector Becerra was accused of insulting and disparaging colleagues in formal complaints with HR, TheWrap has learned.
The Los Angeles Times will be using a new artificial intelligence tool to give a "political rating" to its opinion stories and other articles, owner Patrick Soon-Shiong announced on Monday. LAT's new AI feature,
Some articles will also include a new section that automatically generates counterarguments using AI models from Perplexity.