An Afternoon of ChatGPT Propaganda for Journalists

I wasn’t invited to the ChatGPT press briefing this week for members of the New York City media. It was mainly supposed to be for reporters and editors who work at mainstream outlets, like I used to. But when I heard about it in passing from a friend who is still employed, I knew I had to worm my way in there.

I’ve gone to a lot of these kinds of press briefings for major tech companies. The sector that gobbles up all the money from journalists likes to give back with an open bar and a tray of lobster rolls while they exhort the so-called values of their products for our shrinking industry and our dwindling readership.

Seeing how OpenAI would justify its existence wasn’t the only reason I wanted to go. I was curious to see how other people in my field were talking about ChatGPT. When you work at a traditional outlet, it can be hard to say how you really feel. I got the sense that a lot of reporters weren’t convinced that ChatGPT is the holy grail, but people with more editorial power than them have bought what OpenAI is selling—hook, line, and sinker.

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