Monetizing Personal Struggles on TikTok; “Please, ChatGPT”: Why Are We Polite to AI?

Your daily press recap

Cooperative Media: A Growing Alternative Model
Coopoint
🔗 https://coopoint.info/m%C3%A9dias-coop

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The Decline of Trust in the Media
L'aut'journal
🔗 https://www.lautjournal.info/20250502/la-perte-de-confiance-envers-les-medias

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Monetizing Personal Struggles on TikTok: The Case of Florence and Her Troll
24 Heures
🔗 https://www.24heures.ca/2025/05/16/exploiter-sa-propre-misere-sur-tiktok-pour-faire-du-cash-le-cas-de-florence-et-son-troll

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“Please, ChatGPT”: Why Are We Polite to AI?
Le Monde
🔗 https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/05/16/s-il-te-plait-chatgpt-pourquoi-est-on-poli-avec-les-ia_6606349_4408996.html

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Instagram on How Changing Your Content Strategy Can Affect Engagement
Social Media Today
🔗 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-advice-switching-content-approach-impacts/748315/

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AI Can Spontaneously Develop Human-Like Communication, Study Finds
The Guardian
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/ai-can-spontaneously-develop-human-like-communication-study-finds

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Carolina’s Research Drives Effective and Ethical AI in Newsrooms
UNC Hussman School of Journalism
🔗 https://hussman.unc.edu/news/carolinas-research-impact-effective-and-ethical-ai-in-the-newsroom

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Meta Plans to Train AI on EU User Data Starting This Year
The Hacker News
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/meta-to-train-ai-on-eu-user-data-from.html

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Substack Newsletter Subscription Prices Are Increasing
The New York Times
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/substack-newsletter-subscription-costs.html

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Journalistic Plundering: Paris Court Sends a “Double Signal”
JSS News
🔗 https://www.jss.fr/Pillage_journalistique__la_decision_du_TA_de_Paris_envoie_un_%C2%AB_double_signal_%C2%BB-5883.awp

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Public Broadcasters Join Forces Against Disinformation
Mind
🔗 https://www.mind.eu.com/les-medias-audiovisuels-publics-veulent-travailler-ensemble-contre-la-desinformation/

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Carleton’s International Journalism Festival Celebrates Public Information in Quebec
Radio-Canada
🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2165562/festival-international-journalisme-carleton-information

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Journalism’s Critical Moment in the Age of AI
Poynter
🔗 https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/journalism-crisis-moment-ai/

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Trump’s Presidency as a Live Reality Show
Radio-Canada
🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2165456/presidence-trump-telerealite-en-direct

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Independent Reporters and Micro-Outlets Rise on Social Media
Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/880405/montee-info-influenceurs

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Business Insider Monitors Employee ChatGPT Use in New AI Initiative
Nieman Lab
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/business-insider-is-tracking-employees-chatgpt-usage-as-part-of-a-new-ai-push/

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Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out The Washington Post?
The New Yorker
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/is-jeff-bezos-selling-out-the-washington-post

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The Journalism World Gathers in Quebec’s Gaspe Coast
Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/880366/monde-journalisme-invite-gaspesie

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Grok, White Genocide, and Adversarial AI on X
Platformer
🔗 https://www.platformer.news/grok-white-genocide-x-adversarial-ai/

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How AI Is Being Integrated Into Quebec Advertising
TVA Nouvelles
🔗 https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/05/15/comment-lia-sintegre-dans-les-publicites-quebecoises

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Max is Now HBO Max Again, Says Warner Bros. Discovery
IGN France
🔗 https://fr.ign.com/hbo-max-1/76302/news/max-sappelle-a-nouveau-hbo-max-previent-warner-bros-discovery

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What Is News?
Pew Research Center
🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/05/13/what-is-news/

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How Online Forums Informed Our Understanding of What News Means to Americans
Pew Research Center
🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/05/13/how-online-discussion-boards-informed-our-study-of-what-news-means-to-americans/

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Trump-Era White House Press Access Still Raises Concerns
AP News
🔗 https://apnews.com/article/white-house-wire-reporters-trump-administration-press-cc81e76d7d8b7a54848cc9f1117cb02a

New York Increases Public Radio Funding Amid Federal Uncertainty
Current
🔗 https://current.org/2025/05/new-york-increases-public-radio-support-amid-cpb-funding-threat/

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