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3 days ago
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Axios CEO Warns AI Will ‘Reorder Society'
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei on Friday warned that artificial intelligence will 'reorder society,' further admitting he is alarmed and thrown off by how cavalierly lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are approaching the technology. VandeHei made the comment on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,' while discussing an Axios story from earlier this week saying AI may lead to a 'white-collar bloodbath.' In the piece, which VandeHei wrote with Axios co-founder Mike Allen, the writers said '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,' according to one AI executive. 'I feel like I'm living in a simulation, where you see so clearly where the world's going over the next five years, and yet Washington pays very little attention to it,' VandeHei told Joe Scarborough on Friday morning. 'What we're saying is: just pay attention.' He also said he views AI as both a 'threat and a massive opportunity,' and that college grads need to be mindful of the industries they are heading into because of it. He added that AI does not have to lead to 'massive upheaval,' but he is concerned by the lack of concern shown by other CEOs and lawmakers over the tech's affect. AI has been a hot topic in media this week, with several attendees at the Wall Street Journal's 'The Future of Everything' event in New York City sharing their takes on it. Imagine Entertainment co-founders Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Wednesday said they are both 'excited' by AI and use it as a tool to jumpstart ideas, but Grazer said it will never have the 'soul' necessary to replace professional writers. A day later, OpenAI COO Brian Lightcap said he believes artificial general intelligence — where AI models can perform any intellectual task that humans can — will be reached within the next four years. And Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian said during a different panel on Thursday that he believes 'the pure software part of Silicon Valley' will have a 'reckoning' in the next few years as a result of AI. For more on how Hollywood has moved from 'fearful observer to active participant in the AI revolution,' click here. The post Axios CEO Warns AI Will 'Reorder Society' appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Politics
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Axios CEO reveals how mainstream media destroyed public trust in three phases
Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei called out the legacy media Tuesday for shattering the public's trust over the last decade. Speaking with The Free Press's Bari Weiss on her "Honestly" podcast, along with his co-founder Mike Allen, VandeHei outlined how he felt mainstream outlets lost the American people's trust in three phases, through the rise of Twitter, coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and "Defund the Police" movement, and President Biden's mental decline. "What happened with Twitter is – people forget now [since] it's a lot of conservative voices, a lot of independent voices – it was a hotbed of liberal groupthink for a long time," VandeHei said. "And it was the first time since I've been in this business that I would get on a feed and I would see reporters who I had trusted, who I admired, making it crystal clear what side they were on. You could tell in what they were tweeting, and you could tell in who they were following and who was following them." Politico Co-founder Urges Media To 'Be More Humble' As Trust In Journalism Plummets He continued, "Then came along, kind of, the COVID, Defund the Police, word policing, where I think a lot of Americans were looking around going 'that doesn't sit right with me.' And the way it's being covered didn't sit right with them." VandeHei called the media's failure to properly cover Biden's mental state the final straw for many. Read On The Fox News App "People were saying, 'I can see with my own two eyes that the guy seems pretty old, probably doesn't seem capable of being the president in the next term and yet there's not a whole hell of a lot of coverage of it,'" VandeHei said. However, VandeHei stopped short of condemning journalism entirely, mentioning Axios reporter Alex Thompson for his ongoing coverage of concerns over Biden's age despite the narrative at the time. He also suggested it's only "a couple of bad apples" ruining the mainstream media's image. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "It breaks my heart," VandeHei said. "I hate that. I love journalism. I am a fierce defender of journalism. I believe that most reporters at most institutions actually do try to get to the closest approximation of the truth and achieve it most of the time. I think it's a couple of bad apples who make it look bad for everyone." In an interview with Mediaite in February, VandeHei said that liberal media "has probably never been weaker in my lifetime than right now."Original article source: Axios CEO reveals how mainstream media destroyed public trust in three phases
Fox News
09-04-2025
- Politics
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Axios CEO reveals how mainstream media destroyed public trust in three phases
Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei called out the legacy media Tuesday for shattering the public's trust over the last decade. Speaking with The Free Press's Bari Weiss on her "Honestly" podcast, along with his co-founder Mike Allen, VandeHei outlined how he felt mainstream outlets lost the American people's trust in three phases, through the rise of Twitter, coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and "Defund the Police" movement, and President Biden's mental decline. "What happened with Twitter is - people forget now [since] it's a lot of conservative voices, a lot of independent voices - it was a hotbed of liberal groupthink for a long time," VandeHei said. "And it was the first time since I've been in this business that I would get on a feed and I would see reporters who I had trusted, who I admired, making it crystal clear what side they were on. You could tell in what they were tweeting, and you could tell in who they were following and who was following them." He continued, "Then came along, kind of, the COVID, Defund the Police, word policing, where I think a lot of Americans were looking around going 'that doesn't sit right with me.' And the way it's being covered didn't sit right with them." VandeHei called the media's failure to properly cover Biden's mental state the final straw for many. "People were saying, 'I can see with my own two eyes that the guy seems pretty old, probably doesn't seem capable of being the president in the next term and yet there's not a whole hell of a lot of coverage of it,'" VandeHei said. However, VandeHei stopped short of condemning journalism entirely, mentioning Axios reporter Alex Thompson for his ongoing coverage of concerns over Biden's age despite the narrative at the time. He also suggested it's only "a couple of bad apples" ruining the mainstream media's image. "It breaks my heart," VandeHei said. "I hate that. I love journalism. I am a fierce defender of journalism. I believe that most reporters at most institutions actually do try to get to the closest approximation of the truth and achieve it most of the time. I think it's a couple of bad apples who make it look bad for everyone." In an interview with Mediaite in February, VandeHei said that liberal media "has probably never been weaker in my lifetime than right now."
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
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Politico co-founder says that liberal media is weaker than ever in interview
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei said in an interview published Tuesday that the liberal media has reached a low point in popularity and influence over the American public. "There's a market for ideological," VandeHei said in an interview with Mediaite. "The left right now, liberal media, has probably never been weaker in my lifetime than right now." CNN and NBC News, among other liberal news outlets, have reported layoffs of staff this year amid concerns over lower ratings and a changing media landscape, as podcasters continue to grow their audiences. Conservative Influencer 'Disgusted' With Nymag, Vows To Sue Over Cropped Photo According to internal data shared with digital news site Semafor, The Washington Post lost most of its daily digital traffic during President Joe Biden's time in office. Though the outlet's website reached its peak daily online readership towards the start of the Biden administration, it lost nearly every one of those readers by the time it was about to end. Semafor reported in January that "the Post's daily traffic last year reached a nadir of just a quarter of what it was at its peak in January 2021. That month, the Post had around 22.5 million daily active users. But by the middle of 2024, its daily users hovered around 2.5-3 million daily users." Read On The Fox News App VandeHei said that the opportunity for liberal media to grow is "wide open," despite setbacks. "Could an MSNBC in a kind of a digital, social, traditional TV world, could they build that into something even bigger? They could, if you have smart leadership and you have a really good plan and you have personalities that people gravitate towards and they certainly have," VandeHei said, mentioning hosts like Rachel Maddow, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski." "There's a lot to work with. You just got to change. You just got to stop worrying, thinking about how great it was, because it was great, and it never is going to be great again like that, right? But that doesn't mean it can't be good and that it can't be successful. It just means you're going to have to buckle up and be ready for extraordinary, high velocity change," he continued. 'Social Network' Star Bristles At Being Associated With 'Problematic' Mark Zuckerberg "Anybody with that mentality, with good decision-making can thrive. If you don't have that, you die," he added. "But that's true in any industry, any business." Long-planned layoffs officially hit CNN in January, when roughly 6% of the network's workforce was let go. CNN has painted the layoffs as a critical step toward securing the network's future, telling staffers that "irreversible shifts in the way audiences in America and around the world consume news" have impacted its business model. About 200 jobs were eliminated as a result. Fox News' Brian Flood and Gabriel Hays contributed to this article source: Politico co-founder says that liberal media is weaker than ever in interview
Fox News
05-02-2025
- Politics
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Politico co-founder says that liberal media is weaker than ever in interview
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei said in an interview published Tuesday that the liberal media has reached a low point in popularity and influence over the American public. "There's a market for ideological," VandeHei said in an interview with Mediaite. "The left right now, liberal media has probably never been weaker in my lifetime than right now." CNN and NBC News, among other liberal news outlets, have reported layoffs of staff this year amid concerns over lower ratings and a changing media landscape, as podcasters continue to grow their audiences. According to internal data shared with digital news site Semafor, The Washington Post lost most of its daily digital traffic during President Biden's time in office. Though the outlet's website reached its peak daily online readership towards the start of the Biden administration, it lost nearly every one of those readers by the time it was about to end. Semafor reported in January that "the Post's daily traffic last year reached a nadir of just a quarter of what it was at its peak in January 2021. That month, the Post had around 22.5 million daily active users. But by the middle of 2024, its daily users hovered around 2.5-3 million daily users." VandeHei said that the opportunity for liberal media to grow is "wide open," despite setbacks. "Could an MSNBC in a kind of a digital, social, traditional TV world, could they build that into something even bigger? They could, if you have smart leadership and you have a really good plan and you have personalities that people gravitate towards and they certainly have," VandeHei said, mentioning hosts like Rachel Maddow, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. "There's a lot to work with. You just got to change. You just got to stop worrying, thinking about how great it was, because it was great, and it never is going to be great again like that, right? But that doesn't mean it can't be good and that it can't be successful. It just means you're going to have to buckle up and be ready for extraordinary, high velocity change," he continued. "Anybody with that mentality, with good decision making can thrive. If you don't have that, you die," he added. "But that's true in any industry, any business." Long-planned layoffs officially hit CNN in January when roughly 6% of the network's workforce was let go. CNN has painted the layoffs as a critical step toward securing the network's future, telling staffers that "irreversible shifts in the way audiences in America and around the world consume news" have impacted its business model. About 200 jobs were eliminated as a result.
