George Butler
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So it's really, really interesting.
Kind of highlights a very pertinent and live issue.
So it got me thinking.
It got me thinking during Devil Wears Prada 2 slightly more than I actually thought it was.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, by the way.
Would recommend.
It was a good film.
But talking of AI in journalism,
Quite a, I don't know, I think quite a concerning story I read about kind of a billionaire-backed startup which is sort of looking to take aim at journalists.
I mean, it is kind of quite concerning.
The story kind of touches on the fact that Peter Thiel kind of has basically a vendetta against, well, had a vendetta against a certain publication, put a huge amount of money into bringing this publication down.
strangely, through the court case of Hulk Hogan, which, genuinely, which ended up bankrupting this outlet that he wanted to bring down because they ran a story on him that he didn't like.
And that kind of fueled his hatred for the media.
And, yeah, so that's why this kind of objection thing has been set up.
And, ultimately, it's there to be used in court cases and...
Yeah, there's some question marks there about how that's being applied and what the implications might be for journalists, which are quite worrying.
Yeah, we're going to talk a lot more about the egos of men in AI with Dr. Lauren Ingram on our new episode on Monday.
More on that coming.
All right, let's stay in media now.
A few more interesting media stories.