Current Affairs bans AI-generated text and art in union contract
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Current Affairs, a print magazine, has adopted an anti-AI policy in its new union contract that bars AI-generated text and AI-generated art from publication.
Editor Nathan J. Robinson says the policy is a response to what he calls the "slopification of media," as newsrooms replace writers with AI to cut costs.
Robinson cites Business Insider's "all in on AI" stance and a Sports Illustrated case involving AI-written pieces attributed to nonexistent journalists as examples of the trend.
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AICurrent Affairs, a print magazine, adopted an anti-AI policy in its new union contract that bars AI-generated text and AI-generated art from publication. Editor Nathan J. Robinson says the policy challenges the "slopification of media" as newsrooms replace writers with AI to cut costs. He cites Business Insider's "all in on AI" stance and the Sports Illustrated case involving AI-written pieces by nonexistent journalists.
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