It’s not just the loss of public funding. It’s also AI enshittification.
“The way major tech companies, especially Google, have integrated AI into search engines and apps means people are presented with AI-synthesized information before individual search results. This has led to a sharp drop in referrals to NPR’s website; in some cases they have all but vanished.”
It’s not just the loss of public funding. It’s also AI enshittification.
“The way major tech companies, especially Google, have integrated AI into search engines and apps means people are presented with AI-synthesized information before individual search results. This has led to a sharp drop in referrals to NPR’s website; in some cases they have all but vanished.”