AI Search Engines Invent Sources for 60% of Queries; MrBeast Makes More Money from Feastables Chocolate than YouTube
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MrBeast Makes More Money from Feastables Chocolate than YouTube
Source: Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/mrbeast-makes-more-money-from-feastables-chocolate-than-youtube
Hundreds of Journalists Banned from Accessing Their Offices Due to Trump's Freeze
Source: Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/855910/trump-gele-medias-publics-etranger
A Case of Mistaken Identity and a Murder in Cairo Uncover a Long-Running Story
Source: The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-case-of-mistaken-identity-a-murder-in-cairo-and-a-decades-long/
Anti-Robot Tests Now Under Threat
Source: La Presse
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sciences/2025-03-16/la-presse-a-boston/les-tests-antirobots-sont-menaces.php
Musk, Trump, and X: When Children Turn Into "Sperminator"
Source: La Revue des Médias
https://larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/musk-trump-x-enfants-sperminator
The Right Dominates the Online Media Ecosystem, Seeping into Sports and Comedy
Source: Media Matters
https://www.mediamatters.org/google/right-dominates-online-media-ecosystem-seeping-sports-comedy-and-other-supposedly
Wasting Too Much Time on Social Media? Tips and Tricks to Curb Smartphone Use
Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/smartphone-social-media-internet-addiction-732155ab76d7754fd667935f0153647f
Google Finally Dethrones ChatGPT
Source: Medium
https://medium.com/@ignacio.de.gregorio.noblejas/google-has-finally-dethroned-chatgpt-87a8f8c10d92
Welcome Behind the Scenes: La Presse Invites You to Discover Its Inner Workings
Source: La Presse
https://lp.ca/5mfeCn?sharing=true
Free Press Must Not Submit to the White House’s Right to Define Words Describing Reality
Source: Le Monde
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/03/15/la-presse-libre-ne-peut-ceder-a-la-maison-blanche-le-droit-de-decider-des-mots-qu-elle-emploie-pour-decrire-la-realite_6581293_3232.html
Trump Cuts to VOA: A New Authoritarian Trend?
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/15/media/voice-of-america-trump-cuts?cid=ios_app
Two New Faces Join the Salut Bonjour Family in Quebec
Source: Journal de Montréal
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/14/deux-nouveaux-visages-se-joignent-a-la-famille-salut-bonjour
Québecor and News Coopératives of Information: Another Inconsistency
Source: Journal de Montréal
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/13/quebecor-et-les-coops-de-linformation-une-autre-incoherence
Generative AI is Here, and We’re Not Ready
Source: LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lagi-arrive-et-nous-ne-sommes-pas-pr%C3%AAts-emily-turrettini-0z6fe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via
What’s Happening to the Archives of MusiquePlus?
Source: La Presse
https://lp.ca/ibshkB?sharing=true
The Price of Silence: A Chronicle of Rising Authoritarianism
Source: Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/855676/chronique-prix-silence
Trump Accuses Media of "Illegal" Practices
Source: Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/855781/trump-accuse-medias-critiquent-pratiques-illegales
Learning to Tell Stories in Journalism
Source: Substack
Trump Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Federal Agencies
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5196704-trump-executive-order-federal-agencies-eliminate/
Using AI Responsibly for Reporting
Source: ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting
OpenAI Urges US to Allow AI Models to Train on Copyrighted Material
Source: NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-urges-us-allow-ai-models-train-copyrighted-material-rcna196313
China Cracks Down on Stock Market Fake News as AI Spurs Misinformation
Source: Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-crack-down-stock-market-fake-news-ai-spurs-misinformation-says-state-media-2025-03-15/
AI Search Engines Invent Sources for 60% of Queries, Study Finds
Source: Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/ai-search-engines-invent-sources-for-60-of-queries-study-finds-2000576155
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