AI
Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it
The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?
Journalism
AI
The reporter who tried to replace herself with a bot
Anxiety about AI replacing entry-level jobs is on the rise. Could a state-of-the-art chatbot do the job of a Platformer fellow? PLUS: Anthropic vs. OpenAI, and will AI kill SaaS?
Deepfakes
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
Journalism
What I learned in the first five years of Platformer
And where we go from here
Journalism
Jeff Bezos’ view from nowhere
The Washington Post owner says the media must stay neutral to maintain its credibility — but misunderstands how trust is built today
Journalism
What I learned in year four of Platformer
Everything that happened after we left Substack
AI
The AI companies are trying to go legit
The era of scraping and praying is coming to an end. But will the web be any better off when it does?
AI
How to stop Perplexity and save the web from bad AI
We can still have the internet we want — but we have to try new business models
How one change to Google search blew up one independent publisher
Until last year, Retro Dodo had a growing business and a team of six. Now it’s fighting for its life
Journalism
A better way for platforms to fund journalism
A new bill in California offers an alternative to Australia-style link taxes. PLUS: OpenAI explains itself
AI
Publishers gamble over AI licensing deals
Is it smarter to take the deal they can get — or fight it out in court?
AI