BuzzFeed’s New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help “Spread Joy”
In an open letter, CEO Jonah Peretti calls out TikTok and Meta for prioritizing AI tech over content and says people miss the mid-2010s "'beer and wine' era of the internet."
BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own
BuzzFeed, which also owns HuffPost and Tasty, plans to tackle the addictive social media environment by making “content that gives you a little buzz, helps you relax, have a good time, and connect with your friends,” while also launching this new social media platform of its own.
BuzzFeed Has a New Plan to Save Media, and We’re Screaming
So what should BuzzFeed do to regain its onetime foothold in internet culture? Start its own social network, of course. Such a prospect was teased earlier this month, after Semafor—the scoopy news site run by former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith—got hold of a leaked Slack message from BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti.
Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?
A s social media platforms become increasingly political and algorithm-centric, many are looking for alternatives to the Meta, the Musk-owned X, or the banned-then-not-banned TikT
BuzzFeed announces new social platform, says aims to disrupt social media
BuzzFeed (BZFD) announced a new social platform that it says is “designed to bring joy and creativity back to the internet.” “For years, major
BuzzFeed is taking on Instagram, TikTok, X with a new social platform designed to spread ‘joy’
BuzzFeed, the media site known for its celebrity news and quizzes, announced on Tuesday that it’s developing its own social media platform, in a move to counter the current negativity on the internet.
BuzzFeed plans to combat AI social media with... AI social media
Ironically, in a memo regarding his social media plans Peretti identifies AI as one of the problems at competitor companies like ByteDance (which owns TikTok) and Meta (which owns Facebook). “Having a job at Meta is beginning to feel like being a UBI recipient,
Ailing BuzzFeed Stock Gets Going As Company Launches AI-Driven Social Media Platform: Retail Stays Enthusiastic
Internet media company BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD) announced Tuesday that it is foraying into social media with a new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform. The company said the platform is designed to “counter tech platforms’ unchecked influence over an internet increasingly fueled by misinformation,
BuzzFeed CEO Says AI ‘Destroyed the Internet,’ Plans New Social App for ‘Human Creativity Fighting Against the Machine’
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti on Tuesday said companies like Meta and TikTok, as well as AI, have "destroyed the ...
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Jonah Peretti, Who Filled BuzzFeed With AI Slop, Now Says AI Is Threatening Human Agency
After a disastrous pivot to generative AI content, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has seemingly had enough of all the ragebait, clickbait, and fake news. Peretti, who proudly announced in May 2023 that AI ...