How an AI-generated story caused an uproar at Gizmodo

Pranshu Varma of The Washington Post writes about how a story written by artificial intelligence about Star Wars movies caused an uproar at tech site Gizmodo. Varma writes, “Lauren Leffer, a Gizmodo reporter and member of the Writers Guild of America, East union, said this is a ‘very transparent’ effort by G/O Media to get more […]

Leprince-Ringuet joins Sifted as French tech reporter

Sifted has hired Daphné Leprince-Ringuet as a French tech reporter, based in Paris. She will cover French startup and technology, write news stories and longer analytical pieces and features. Previously, she worked as a reporter and senior writer at ZDNet, where she focused on technology, business and society. Leprince-Ringuet contributed to Wired’s web sections, including […]

Duggan hired by Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal

J.D. Duggan joined the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal last week to cover manufacturing, technology, startups and health care. He most recently worked at Finance & Commerce covering economic development, which was a wide-ranging beat that included housing, real estate transactions and some local housing-related political coverage. Duggan worked for some now-defunct media startups and interned for […]

Politico hires Chatterjee to cover technology

Politico has tapped Mohar Chatterjee to cover technology and artificial intelligence. She has been a fellow for the past year. Chatterjee previously was a senior research and data fellow for the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. She also interned for The Washington Post as a newsroom engineer. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Cal Tech and […]

Cherney departs Silicon Valley Biz Journal for new opportunity

Silicon Valley Business Journal reporter Max Cherney  has left the publication for a new opportunity. He joined in January to cover big technology companies such as Apple and Google. Cherney has been with Protocol covering semiconductors since October 2021. He previously was a tech reporter at Barron’s. Before Barron’s, Cherney was with Dow Jones sister company MarketWatch.com and had covered public pot companies. He previously […]

Van Boom departs CNET after 8 years

CNET senior writer Daniel Van Boom is leaving the technology news site after nearly eight years. He has been covering cryptocurrency, NFTs and culture. Van Boom previously worked for Daily Mail Australia as a reporter and for Bleacher Report as a columnist. He is a graduate of University of Technology Sydney in Australia.

The Information hires Palazzolo to cover artificial intelligence

The Information executive editor Amir Efrati sent out the following to the staff: Informationists, Please welcome Stephanie Palazzolo, the newest member of our reporting team. She will helm a newsletter on artificial intelligence, giving readers the most important information about how AI is changing industries, boosting some companies and maiming others, and upsetting the power balance in […]

The Messenger hires Idris to cover science and tech

News startup The Messenger has hired Abubakar Idris as a science and technology reporter. He most recently has been in the Knight-Bagehot program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Idris previously was an Africa reporter for Rest of World and a contributor to Quartz. He also worked for Big Cabal Media and Stears Insight. […]

Kim of Barron’s to write book on Nvidia

Barron’s senior writer Tae Kim has signed a contact with W.W. Norton to write a book about technology company Nvidia. The book is tentatively called “The Nvidia Way.” Kim was previously a technology columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and a tech reporter for Barron’s. He also has covered equities and markets as an investing journalist for CNBC Digital. Before […]

Denver Biz Journal hires Ritter to cover tech

The Denver Business Journal has named Cassidy Ritter as its new tech reporter and Colorado Inno editor. Associate editor Angela Ufheil writes, “Ritter brings with her years of experience reporting on the technology sector. Prior to joining the DBJ, she oversaw news coverage across nine sites for Chicago-based Built In, a global platform for technology and startup professionals. One […]