Questions of Accuracy Arise as Washington Post Uses AI to Create Personalized Podcasts

Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts

It’s not your mother’s podcast — or your father’s, or anyone else’s. The Washington Post‘s new offering, “Your Personal Podcast,” uses artificial intelligence to customize podcasts for its users, blending the algorithm you might find in a news feed with the convenience of portable audio.The podcast is “personalized automatically based on your reading history” of Post articles, the newspaper says on its help page. Listeners also have some control…

The Washington Post's AI Generated Podcasts Are Already an Error-Laden Disaster

Earlier this week, the Washington Post announced that it would be launching “personalized” AI powered podcasts that would let users choose their own AI host to regale them on their choice of topics. And now for an entirely unsurprising update: the AI podcasts have turned out to be complete, error ridden disasters. Semafor reports that less than 48 hours after launching, the AI podcasts have sparked outrage among the WaPo’s rank and file and edit…

Is The Washington Post's new AI podcast a hallmark of the future?

The Washington Post's new "Your Personal Podcast" offering uses artificial intelligence to customize podcasts for its users.'/>The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.(Image credit: The Washington Post)

Washington Post Staffers Slam Error-Laden AI Podcast Launch: ‘Total Disaster!’

AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke The Washington Post’s push to modernize has reportedly ignited a furious backlash inside its own newsroom after an AI-generated podcast feature allegedly produced errors, outright fabrications, and unsanctioned commentary. The tool, promoted by Post leadership as a customisable audio product for subscribers and launched two days ago, quickly unraveled once journalists began testing it. According to internal Slack m…

Washington Post AI podcast launch marred by fake quotes and factual errors

The Washington Post’s newly launched AI-generated podcast feature has come under internal criticism after it was found to include fabricated quotes and multiple factual inaccuracies, according to a report by Semafor. The product was introduced earlier this week and offers subscribers personalised audio summaries generated by artificial intelligence, which automatically narrate selected Washington Post articles through the newspaper’s mobile app.…

Washington Post’s AI Podcasts Riddled with Errors

Key Takeaways: The Washington Post rolled out personalized AI podcasts on its mobile app. Staff spotted many mistakes, from wrong quotes to odd speech pauses. The feature uses fake “ums” and “ahs” to mimic real podcasters. Rising tensions follow Jeff Bezos’s growing editorial influence The Washington Post recently launched AI podcasts for its app users. In theory, these AI podcasts let readers pick topics, hosts, and even ask questions. Yet, st…