Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Inside a Network of AI-Generated Newsletters Targeting 'small town America'

The NiemanLab with the Nieman Foundation at Harvard takes a close look at a network of "small town" news sites that appear to be AI generated: "Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person."

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Over the past year, a network of AI-generated local newsletters has quietly spread to 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S.

For @niemanlab.org, I dug into Good Daily's operations and learned how it gained a foothold in "small town America." www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi ... [image or embed]

-- Andrew Deck (@andrewdeck.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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Sinclair by any other name.

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-01-28 01:10 PM

It gained a "foothold" because "small town" people are just fugging idiots.

See: BOAZ.

#2 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-01-28 10:26 PM

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