DiscoverSearch EngineHow do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)
How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

Update: 2024-05-222
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Last week, Google announced a fundamental change to how the site will work, which will likely have dire effects for the news industry. When you use Google now, the site will often offer AI-generated summaries to you, instead of favoring human-written articles. We talk to Platformer’s Casey Newton about why this is happening, why publishers are nervous, and about a secret new internet you may not have heard of, a paradise to which we may all yet escape.  

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How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

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