Ben Smith is the former editor in chief of BuzzFeed News, which recently announced that it is being shut down. He's also a former New York Times media columnist and now runs a new media company called Semaphore. Ben: We're currently experiencing quote the end of one era and the beginning of another in digital media.
A song featuring A.I.-generated versions of Drake and the Weeknd went viral — before being taken down by streaming services. Is censorship of A.I.-generated songs the way forward? Or can singers benefit from synthetic voices, as some artists like Grimes are suggesting?
Then, HatGPT: Kevin and Casey pull headlines out of a hat and generate their own takes on the news.
And Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed News editor, discusses the end of the 2010s digital media era.
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- Ben Smith is a journalist and co-founder of the digital media company Semafor. He was a New York Times media columnist and the first editor in chief of BuzzFeed News.
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