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How Beloved Indie Blog 'The Hairpin' Turned Into an AI Clickbait Farm

WIRED

Almost every day, a publication announces layoffs or shuts down. Sports Illustrated just let go almost all of its staff after weathering an embarrassing scandal about AI-generated articles. It's unclear what the desiccated magazine's future holds, but the sad fate of another formerly great outlet offers a preview of what may await fallen media properties. In 2018, the indie women's website The Hairpin stopped publishing, along with its sister site The Awl. This year, The Hairpin has been Frankensteined back into existence and stuffed with slapdash AI-generated articles designed to attract search engine traffic.

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