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 ...

This is a good day to ask. That's because today is the day that BuzzFeed could be on the hook for $123.5 million in debt and interest payments — money that it doesn't appear to have.

A new app, Hook, has launched with the goal to democratize music production in the social media era. Hook's founders are calling it "the world's first AI-driven social music expression app." The ...

BuzzFeed CEO Says AI ‘Destroyed the Internet,’ Plans New Social App for ‘Human Creativity Fighting Against the Machine’ Jonah Peretti says his sites will double down on human curation and ...

Key brands, including BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty, are leveraging AI tools to enhance editorial output, which increased by 17% this quarter, and article performance improved by an average of 25%.

But BuzzFeed and Shopsense’s approach – blending AI, real-time retail data, and a degree of editorial restraint – offers a test case worth watching. Because turning content into commerce is ...

The BuzzFeed chief said he saw where this was headed in 2017, after a meeting with TikTok founder Zhang Yiming. "He explained that this talent allowed him to make his AI so good that the content ...

Peter Hook of Peter Hook and the Light performs live. CREDIT: Carla Speight/Getty Images Peter Hook has taken aim at songs written with the help of AI, saying that each one created has always been ...

“Earlier this year, BuzzFeed was shopping First We Feast — its business that owns ‘Hot Ones,’ the viral hot-chicken-wing interview show (Yup! I just typed that!) — for a reported $70 million. In ...