Nobody saw that coming after they fired their reporters and writers. Nobody.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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Let this be a lesson for all the other companies “turning toward AI”. This is like the dot com era all over again. Example:
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tightens-code-controls-after-outages-including-one-ai-2026-3
I mean... fuck AI, of course, but also fuck BuzzFeed?
It's a fair assessment.
BuzzFeed's "content" was just hoovering up other folk's content on social media or content aggregators, and neatly packaging it up into an "article". I feel dirty saying this but for that use case, AI isn't actually a terrible option...
...and they still managed to fuck it up. Outstanding.
It used to be that they did that garbage to help fund some solid investigative journalism. Then they killed off their actual journalism, and only did the garbage part. It was a really disappointing move all to maximize profits, instead of actually providing at least something of quality amongst the trash.
BuzzFeed Listicles
And nothing of value was lost
AI finally did something useful!
They died the moment they killed Buzzfeed News.
womp womp
Seems like the second time BuzzFeed has gone bankrupt in my memory
I thought this company disappeared in like 2018?