Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 11/02/2026Excited to participate in the JournalismAI Innovation Challenge! 023
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 02/11/2025"OpenAI will need to raise unprecedented amounts of capital through venture funding, debt and an eventual public offering." www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 184
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 25/08/2025"The industry’s drive to use Congress to override state laws is stirring local lawmakers to move more quickly."bloomberg.comTech Giants Prepare to Challenge State AI RegulationsOpenAI, Meta, and Google fight state AI regulations to protect innovation and growth. 260
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 24/08/2025"Roughly $100 million would be needed over the next two years to avoid widespread closures."nytimes.comThe Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations 161
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 23/08/2025"The Onion has more than 53,000 subscribers paying as much as $9 a month."wsj.comExclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.Print editions appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape, making them an attractive strategic play. 0111
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 15/08/2025"PBS is disproportionately affected by the loss of federal funding because it has historically relied on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting more than NPR has."nytimes.comPBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts 060
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 11/08/2025“We’re at the inflection point where people don’t need to visit websites.”nymag.comSEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots. 051
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 07/08/2025“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.wsj.comOpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year WaitCEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic. 40112
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 01/08/2025"Public broadcasters are turning to foundation funders, philanthropists and local donors to help resolve the coming cash crunch."nytimes.comCorporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down 070
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 28/07/2025"If there is consensus, it’s around having a diversified strategy that avoids being reliant on any third-party platform to reach an audience."nymag.comInside the Media’s Traffic ApocalypseThe whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble. 072
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 26/07/2025“It was initially framed as a voluntary buyout, but I think they’re using it as an opportunity to redo the staff.”nymag.comThings Are Somehow Getting Worse for the Washington PostA raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups have left staff despondent and unsure about the future. 1114
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 21/07/2025"Zuckerberg has offered more than 10 of OpenAI’s researchers eye-watering pay packages of $300 million over four years, including $100 million the first year."wsj.comThe Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and TearsThe cutthroat recruitment efforts to land the smartest minds in Silicon Valley have hit a feverish new peak in recent days. 240
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 20/07/2025"Taking a cut of sales from ChatGPT would allow the company to make money from users of its free version, a so-far untapped source of revenue."ft.comOpenAI to take cut of ChatGPT shopping sales in hunt for revenuesArtificial intelligence start-up has shown brands a prototype of its new checkout feature 140
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 19/07/2025"The announcement from Meta comes days after OpenAI said it would sign the code."wsj.comMeta Won’t Sign EU’s AI Code of Practice, Chief Global Affairs Officer SaysThe company won’t adhere to the voluntary code of practice as its head of global affairs said the bloc was on the wrong path on AI. 152
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 18/07/2025"More than 100 combined TV and radio stations that serve millions of Americans in rural pockets of the country will be at risk of going dark."nytimes.comWhere Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPRThe loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States. 033
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 07/07/2025"Reddit is exploring using World ID, the eyeball-scanning technology from Sam Altman’s Worldcoin venture, as a way to verify users while granting them anonymity."ft.comReddit vows to stay human to emerge a winner from artificial intelligenceChief Steve Huffman warns of ‘arms race’ to protect its devoted online communities from AI-generated content 273
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 06/07/2025"A.I. companies that do not pay for content will ultimately lose out on access to it."nytimes.comCloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers 2194
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 05/07/2025"Companies such as Facebook, TikTok and X will have to act immediately to remove material such as hate speech, incitement to violence or 'anti-democratic acts', even without a prior judicial takedown order."ft.comBrazil supreme court rules digital platforms are liable for users’ postsRuling risks stoking tensions with US amid accusations of censorship of social media groups 1241
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 04/07/2025"Noosphere offers journalists a place to showcase work to consumers who are attracted by a more personal style of reporting than they’d normally see on traditional outlets."apnews.comAward-winning international correspondent launches a new journalism platformReporting in Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria was tough work for reporter Jane Ferguson. So is launching a new journalism platform from scratch. 071
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 01/07/2025"A switch to Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT models for Siri would be an acknowledgment that the company is struggling to compete in generative AI — the most important new technology in decades."bloomberg.comApple Weighs Using Anthropic or OpenAI to Power Siri in Major ReversalApple Inc. is considering using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic PBC or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, sidelining its own in-house models in a potentially blockbuster move aim... 183
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 29/06/2025“This is the first major ruling in a generative AI copyright case to address fair use in detail.”wired.comAnthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy ClaimsWhile the startup has won its “fair use” argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating over 7 million books to build a digital library. 054
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 28/06/2025"Musk seeks to model the platform after China’s WeChat — a one-stop shop for messaging, payments and shopping."ft.comElon Musk’s X to offer investment and trading in ‘super app’ pushForay into financial services could include introducing credit or debit card, CEO Linda Yaccarino says 330
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 27/06/2025"Salaries for a software engineer at OpenAI range from around $238,000 to $1.34mn, according to financial package tracking website Levels, while Meta’s salaries varied from $212,000 to around $3.7mn."ft.comOpenAI says Meta is trying to poach staff with $100mn sign-on offersMark Zuckerberg reported to be personally calling engineers to recruit for ‘superintelligence’ AI team 231
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 25/06/2025"Musk’s startup is currently trying to raise $9.3 billion in debt and equity. But even before the money is in the bank, the company has plans to spend more than half of it in just the next three months."bloomberg.comMusk’s xAI Burns Through $1 Billion a Month as Costs Pile UpElon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is burning through $1 billion a month as the cost of building its advanced AI models races ahead of the limited revenues, according to people briefed on... 251
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 23/06/2025"Lobbyists acting on behalf of Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are urging the Senate to enact a decade-long moratorium on individual states introducing their own efforts to legislate AI."ft.comBig Tech pushes for 10-year ban on US states regulating AICall by Amazon, Google and Microsoft lobbyists for a ‘moratorium’ has split industry and the Republican party 264
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 20/06/2025“As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier.“nytimes.comA.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse 186
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 19/06/2025"This is a new technology, and we want to have a strong say as to how it gets used and doesn’t get used in our industry."depthperceptionbyll.substack.com“Just the tip of the iceberg”: The New York Times’ Zach Seward on embracing AIThe paper’s first editorial director of artificial intelligence initiatives takes us behind the scenes. 041
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 14/06/2025"Next year, editors hope to restart production of print issues."nytimes.comLapham’s Quarterly Will Begin Its Revival with Website and Podcast 061
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 12/06/2025“Reddit says Anthropic accessed its site more than 100,000 times after saying it had stopped.”wsj.comReddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s DataThe online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site more than 100,000 times after saying it had stopped. 092
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 08/06/2025“Generating ads from scratch with AI could be a boon to small and midsize businesses.”wsj.comExclusive | Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AIAdvertising powered by artificial intelligence is a core part of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the company’s future. 041
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 07/06/2025"Executives have already considered a list of potential partners that includes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Salt Lake Tribune, the popular Substack writer Matt Yglesias and The Dispatch."nytimes.comThe Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers 071
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 06/06/2025"It has become fairly common for adverts for annotation jobs to require a PhD or skills in coding and science."economist.comThere is a vast hidden workforce behind AIWill they become redundant as the technology develops? 060
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 02/06/2025"AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years."axios.comBehind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbathHardly anyone is paying attention. 362
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 01/06/2025"This is The Times’s first licensing arrangement with a focus on generative A.I. technology."nytimes.comThe Times and Amazon Announce an A.I. Licensing Deal 050
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 31/05/2025"In five years, every video uploaded to YouTube could be dubbed automatically into every spoken language."bloomberg.comYouTube Looks to Creators (and Their Data) to Win in the AI EraThe video giant, turning 20, tries to keep the content spigot flowing while appeasing its army of broadcasters and copyright holders. 081
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 31/05/2025"The bot is built to handle about 90% of the minutiae and straightforward issues that arise in most business meetings."bloomberg.comMeetings Won’t Be the Same When the Boss Sends an AI BotThe CEO of a meeting-transcription company has developed a digital avatar that can fill in for him, and envisions a day when every leader has one. 150
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 28/05/2025"Instead of giving options, Google decided to 'silently update,' with 'no public announcement' about how they were using publishers’ data."bloomberg.comGoogle Decided Against Offering Publishers Options in AI SearchCompany drew “hard red line” around requiring web publishers to participate in AI search, document says 051
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 25/05/2025"Google is overhauling its iconic search engine to compete more directly with a wave of artificial-intelligence chatbots that threaten its core business."wsj.comGoogle Takes Aim at AI Firms Challenging Its Search DominanceThe company is rolling out a feature that will answer search queries in a chatbot-style conversation without the classic blue links. 060
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 17/05/2025"We’re spending more on products so our experience is one that customers want to enjoy and use directly, rather than getting a kind of a diluted version of that through an AI aggregator."pressgazette.co.ukEconomist president Luke Bradley-Jones on building a moat to defend against AIPresident of The Economist Luke Bradley-Jones has revealed how he plans to steer the 183-year-old title through the era of generative AI. 080
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 11/05/2025"The digital advertising landscape could be unrecognizable in five years."cjr.orgGoogle Faces a Potential Breakup on Multiple FrontsOn the antitrust battles facing Big Tech. 050
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 09/05/2025“The move could complicate the company’s future fundraising efforts.”wsj.comOpenAI Abandons Planned For-Profit ConversionThe maker of ChatGPT said it made the decision to remain under the control of a nonprofit organization. 182
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 04/05/2025"A new era for the internet may be coming into view."platformer.newsGoogle may be on the brink of a breakupAfter two blistering losses in court, a new era for the internet may be coming into view 150
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 27/04/2025"In recent years, CJR relied on a $2 million cushion created during a fund-raising campaign nearly a decade ago."nytimes.comColumbia Journalism Review Faces the Kind of Crisis It Usually CoversThe publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week. 050
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 26/04/2025"The company decided to sue, in part, in the hope that other publishers would follow."nytimes.comPublisher of PCMag and Mashable Sues OpenAIZiff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher’s copyrights and diluting its trademarks. 084
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 21/04/2025"As the magazine industry has contracted, many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone."nytimes.comWho Wants to Run Vanity Fair? Everyone? Anyone?Radhika Jones is stepping down as editor in chief, and the search for her replacement has begun. But as the magazine industry has contracted, many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone. 070
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 20/04/2025"A social app would give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already have to help train their AI models."theverge.comOpenAI is building a social networkChatGPT versus X? 170
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 19/04/2025"The ruling marked the second time in eight months that a U.S. judge labeled Google an illegal monopolist—and could lead the Justice Department to seek a forced sale of some of the company’s advertising products."wsj.comJudge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad MonopolyThe tech giant faces multiple legal threats related to how it wields market power. 150
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 14/04/2025"The now-ubiquitous AI-generated answers — and the way Google has changed its search algorithm to support them — have caused traffic to independent websites to plummet."bloomberg.comGoogle AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow. 1137
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 13/04/2025"As of early March, X had served $91 million of ads in the first quarter, well below its target of $153 million."nytimes.comHow X Is Benefiting as Musk Advises TrumpThe social media platform has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news. 082
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · 12/04/2025"There is no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance."newyorker.comAre We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough?There’s no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance. We urgently need voices from outside the industry to help shape its future. 271