6 February 2025 link media newsletters
It turns out Good Day Fort Collins is just one in a network of AI-generated newsletters operating in 355 cities and towns across the U.S. Not only do these hundreds of newsletters share the same exact seven testimonials, they also share the same branding, the same copy on their about pages, and the same stated mission: “to make local news more accessible and highlight extraordinary people in our community.”
I hate a lot of this, especially given the high probability of the AI making mistakes and potentially causing misinformation or just creating ill-informed citizens, but there is an accessibility problem and if something like this (with human intervention and oversight) can help solve the accessibility problem and make people more informed about local news, I don’t hate it…