Chong to cover AI and data centers in China for The Information
Claudia Chong has been hired by The Information to cover artificial intelligence and data centers in China. She also may report on topics including chip smuggling and crypto. Chong joins The Information from S-RM, a UK-based risk advisory firm where she specialized in APAC disputes, investigations, and corporate due diligence. Prior to that, she worked […]
Bloomberg doubles down on conversational AI
Bloomberg said it is making its conversational artificial-intelligence interface, ASKB, available to all users, reports Steve Rosenbush of The Wall Street Journal. Rosenbush reports, “The business and financial information giant began rolling out ASKB to users in a limited fashion early this year, and it is now used by more than one-third of all Bloomberg Terminal subscribers. […]
NY Times hires Weinberg from The Information
The New York Times has hired The Information reporter Cory Weinberg to cover Anthropic, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker. He has been covering Anthropic for The Information since June. Before that, he was deputy bureau chief of finance coverage and has been a senior reporter covering initial public offerings. He has been at The Information for more than a decade. Weinberg […]
Business Insider launching an AI legal newsletter
Business Insider plans to launch a weekly newsletter covering artificial intelligence and the legal industry. It will publish on Mondays. “AI is forcing a reckoning over how legal work gets done and what it costs.,” said Business Insider correspondent Melia Robinson, who will write the newsletter, on LinkedIn. “Some see a chance to make law […]
Quartz content produced by prolific, AI-assisted reporter
Business news website Quartz is using a single, hugely prolific journalist heavily aided by AI to produce nearly all its daily website reporting, reports Rob Waugh of Press Gazette. Waugh writes, “But the strategy for the Quartz website appears to be one of filling it with cheaply produced AI-assisted content which mostly consists of rewrites from other […]
Fast Company promotes McCracken to global tech and special projects editor
Harry McCracken has been promoted to global technology & special projects editor at Fast Company. In this new role, McCracken will help shape Fast Company’s approach to AI and editorial innovation, from building AI literacy across the newsroom to developing new tools and workflows with our editorial and product teams. He will also play a […]
Semafor names Albergotti its San Fran bureau chief
Semafor named tech reporter Reed Albergotti its San Francisco bureau chief and launched “Future Proof,” a new AI-focused show he will host. The weekly video and podcast series will feature conversations with executives, founders, policymakers and investors working across artificial intelligence and technology. Albergotti joined Semafor in 2022. He had been The Washington Post’s consumer […]
Tarbell Center offers $10M in grants for AI journalism
The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, the nonprofit that supports journalism helping society navigate advanced AI, announced a new $10 million institutional grants program to fund newsrooms, media ventures and series focused on AI. Tarbell aims to distribute at least $10 million by the end of 2027. Grants can go to new reporting teams, investigative […]
Forbes ups Tognini to senior editor
Forbes has promoted Giacomo Tognini to senior editor and given him a new beat — money and artificial intelligence. He has been at Forbes since June 2019 and previously was deputy editor for wealth. Tognini interned at Bloomberg News and was a staff writer at Asia Insights. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Cal-Berkeley and […]
WSJ hires Zeff to cover artificial intelligence
Maxwell Zeff has joined The Wall Street Journal to cover artificial intelligence. He has been at Wired as a senior writer. Before that, Zeff was at TechCrunch covering consumer news and artificial intelligence. Zeff previously was a reporter at tech news site Gizmodo covering artificial intelligence. Zeff previously interned at Bloomberg News and Connecticut Public Broadcasting and was a production […]
