Buzzfeed journey:

[stefan@gardenstate.social]

@GossiTheDog i find the fist bullet point funny enough. they have been failing for 10 solid years.

[josephdickson@mastodon.social]

@joonq @GossiTheDog if they have I've got NFTs and meme coins they might be interested in. 😉

[wxq4987@infosec.exchange]

@GossiTheDog I thought they had already tanked to be honest. Everytime I hear their name I think of that weird super early Twitter Nokia Lumia Gossip Girl era and think “must be dead like the rest of it.”

XOXO

[shansterable@ohai.social]

@GossiTheDog
LOL

"The brutal reality check seemingly hasn’t put [Buzzfeed CEO] Peretti off from pursuing AI, though. He now says he’s hoping to bring “new AI apps to the market” this year."

[crowjane@mastodon.sdf.org]

@GossiTheDog

Oh look! A Canary in a coal mine.

[lrhodes@merveilles.town]

@GossiTheDog "Produces sub-BuzzFeed level content" is a hell of an endorsement for LLMs.

[faithfulljohn@mastodon.scot]

@GossiTheDog ...and CEO entirely unrepentant - waltzing off still saying "AI" is the answer... 😭🤬🤮

[trzyglow@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog huh, i thought buzzfeed obliterated itself more than a decade ago...

[mostlytato@mstdn.social]

@Npars01 @GossiTheDog
Its a good list. We can only wish. Thoughts and prayers 😂

[wintergr33n@lingo.lol]

@Npars01 @GossiTheDog

Zuck is starting to look like this recurring character from the Onion:

https://theonion.com/poll-nearly-1-in-10-adults-have-postponed-retirement-due-to-healthcare-costs/

Jaxon McCurdy, Curtain Tasseler

(Have to click the link)

Just to be extra clear.

[andymoose@fedi.aiga.rocks]

@GossiTheDog @bobjmsn And doubling down on AI regardless.

[jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt]

@joonq because AI told them not to think about it, and AI knows best, right? Right? @GossiTheDog

[elithebearded@fed.qaz.red]

@GossiTheDog

And that last paragraph...

«The brutal reality check seemingly hasn't put [BuzzFeed CEO Jonah] Peretti off from pursuing AI, though. He now says he's hoping to bring "new AI apps to the market" this year.»

That's some addictive Kool-Aid

[ildiavolorosso@sfba.social]

@GossiTheDog Should we start calling this #slopruptcy ?

[f800gecko@mastodon.online]

@GossiTheDog

Canary, coal mine...

Something-something.

[karma_j@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog

"In 2023, the company’s stock price jumped aggressively, from around $3 per share to north of $15. "

"Reality soon set in. After the initial spike in enthusiasm, the company’s stock took a massive beating; as of this week, its shares are hovering around 70 cents."

#AiSlop #AI #AiGarbage

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

[64bithero@mstdn.games]

@GossiTheDog this is the future every company is heading toward. But not before mass layoffs

[wesdym@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog LOL

[estelle@mstdn.social]

@GossiTheDog "it seems this pivot to ai has tanked my once very profitable business. what do you think we should do about this?"

*turns towards mirror, revealing only other employee*

"perhaps we can solve this with more ai-assisted apps,"

[reallylazybear@mastodon.social]

@GossiTheDog Awww, they thought AI was awesome, but the CEO even wanna double down !

I'm pretty open-minded with what people want to do for themselves so I say let them have what's coming for 'em. They wanted more "AI" shoved down their throats so let them have more "AI".

Let 'em choke to death with the fucking slop.