{"id":10046,"date":"2026-04-07T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wall-street-journal-sloplords\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:15:19","slug":"wall-street-journal-sloplords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wall-street-journal-sloplords\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief of the esteemed Wall Street Journal<\/em>, just heaped praise on the sloplords drowning journalism in AI-generated dreck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an email obtained by Semafor<\/em><\/a>, Tucker congratulated a Fortune <\/em>editor for being a likeminded individual embracing AI, and was so impressed by the magazine\u2019s AI efforts that she forced her underlings to read about them.<\/p>\n

Last month, the WSJ <\/em>reported<\/a> on how Fortune <\/em>editor Nick Lichtenberg used AI to crank out 600 stories in just six months at the magazine, which is more than what his colleagues write in an entire year. AI-assisted articles made up nearly 20 percent of Fortune\u2019s <\/em>web traffic in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n

As Lichtenberg happily admits, he was literally just copy-pasting press releases into a chatbot and asking it to spit out an article. And this, apparently, is the kind of gumshoe work that warrants being lavished with effusive plaudits from the editor of one of the US\u2019s so-called newspapers of record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Per the Semafor <\/em>scoop, Tucker emailed Fortune\u2019s <\/em>Alyson Shontell saying she \u201cabsolutely loved\u201d the piece about \u201cyour reporter Lichtenberg,\u201d before lamenting the broad resistance to AI in journalism. Tucker, naturally, viewed herself and Shontell as the pioneers bucking this trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love your totally clear-eyed, unsentimental approach to AI in newsrooms,\u201d Tucker enthused. \u201cIt makes you pretty unique among our cohort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just did an All Hands meeting with our APAC staff (I\u2019m in Tokyo) and told them they all had to read it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Then Tucker dropped a hot take.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who doesn\u2019t get what you are doing at fortune [sic], or thinks it is \u2018wrong\u2019, should get out of journalism fast!\u201d<\/p>\n

AI\u2019s role in the newsroom remains a hot-button issue in the industry, with recent controversies over the New York Times <\/em>publishing content that was AI-generated or assisted \u2014 in both alleged<\/a> and confirmed cases<\/a> \u2014 spilling over into the public eye.<\/p>\n

Despite how divisive the tech remains, newsroom leaders are championing its use whether their underlings like it or not. A senior manager at the Associated Press<\/em>, for example recently told staffers<\/a> that \u201cresistance\u201d to AI was \u201cfutile.\u201d Meanwhile, major newspapers have launched high profile experiments with the tech, with mixed results. The Washington Post <\/em>debuted a disastrous AI-generated podcast feature<\/a> last December that fabricated facts and misattributed quotes; Bloomberg <\/em>uses AI to provide summaries<\/a> <\/strong>at the top of its articles; and The New York Times <\/em>has used AI to help generate headlines<\/a> <\/strong>for years.<\/p>\n

More on AI:<\/strong> Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That\u2019s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, and Other Glaring Red Flags?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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