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Internal tests show WaPo launched its AI podcast feature despite 68% of generated scripts failed its standards, saying it would "iterate through" the issues (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025

Exclusive: ‘Iterate through’: Why The Washington Post launched an error-ridden AI product
Between 68% and 84% of AI-generated scripts failed the Post’s own internal testing, but the paper launched the AI podcast feature anyway.

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Just had to explain to my wife the 15-step process to change the image on the home screen, which used to be one tap from the share sheet of the photo

Sources: Apple partnered with Daily Mail in the UK soon after the Mail complained to the CMA in 2025 that Apple was stonewalling its attempts to join Apple News (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/15/2026/ap…

Exclusive: Apple News’ political honeymoon is over as MAGA ratchets up the pressure
The technology giant has shown in recent months that it can be swayed.

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.

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In an internal memo, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei warns that the US is in "a post-news era" where "everyone has their own individual reality" (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025/axios-ceo-us-is-in-post-news-era

Exclusive: Axios CEO: US is in ‘post-news’ era
Jim VandeHei wrote in an internal memo that what matters is information, not “the news.”

Guardian US plans to launch a daily video podcast in 2026, hosted by Kai Wright and Carter Sherman, to compete with The Daily; a source says it has 10 staff (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/15/2026/the-guardian-debuts-new-flagship-podc…

Exclusive: The Guardian debuts new flagship video podcast
The show is meant to compete with the likes of The New York Times and NPR.

Singapore-based ChemLex raised a $45M funding round led by Granite Asia to build an AI-powered, automated chemistry lab to accelerate drug discovery (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/singapore-startup-b…

Singapore startup builds AI-powered, self-running chemistry lab
The self-driving lab consists of AI software and robots that design experiments, run them, and gather data, with limited human intervention.

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.