John Lynch on 49ers using AI for draft evaluations: ‘The cool thing is… you don’t need to be an expert’
"Just like you at home, planning a travel itinerary, you can just ask the thing, and it can spit out pretty good things."
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Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink, recovering from recent stroke, criticized for AI usage in misleading viral video
The state of modern media can be summed up in this whole story.
Bay Area radio station clowned for AI-generated ‘fourth period’ in Sharks coverage
"I just want to declare: I think the Sharks have been one of the best fourth-period teams in the NHL lately."
Dana White unmoved by criticism over UFC’s AI ‘slop’ promos
It might save the UFC a few bucks, but AI is still incredibly bad at producing promos.
How AI slop will ruin sports television
Mark Cuban on why he won’t invest in media: ‘The worst industry in the history of industries’
"I literally thought about starting a podcast where I just talked to Gemini or ChatGPT or Perplexity and just ask it deep questions."
LeBron James’ lawyers threaten to sue company over nonconsensual AI imagery
"We removed the models immediately and have since updated our approach to likeness and public figure policies."
Yahoo faces criticism for AI fantasy sports content
A Yahoo Sports spokesperson denied the use of AI is connected to recent layoffs.
Sportsnet roasted over AI-generated Stanley Cup Final video of baby analysts
The Stanley Cup Final saw an unusual use of AI before the first puck drop.
Google’s AI gets cheese fact wrong in Super Bowl commercial (Updated)
"Gemini provides no source, but that is just unequivocally false"
ESPN in testing stage of AI avatar dubbed ‘FACTS’
The avatar is a joint effort between ESPN and SEC Nation, the Saturday morning SEC Network pregame show.
An AI version of Cris Collinsworth is apparently coming to Pro Football Focus
"They did a thing of me doing PFF highlights in my voice, and you sit there, and you can't even believe it."
An AI recreation of Al Michaels’ voice will be part of Peacock’s Olympics coverage
An AI-generated version of Al Michaels will voice custom recaps for Peacock users.
The long, sad decline of Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated responds to allegations it published AI-generated articles by fake writers
"According to our initial investigation, this is not accurate."
Sports Illustrated reportedly published AI-generated articles by fake writers
"The content is absolutely AI-generated. No matter how much they say that it's not."
Hyped news media start-up The Messenger reportedly already ‘out of money,’ per president
In early September, Seth Davis announced on Twitter/X that he and fellow college basketball insider Jeff Goodman were...
Writers at USA Today-owned site accuse it of using AI-generated articles
The incident comes two months after Gannett paused its AI sports writing program.
The Associated Press is adding more automation, will use AI for college basketball previews
The machines are taking over.
