The NYT Seemingly Does Marissa Mayer Dirty
Alexandra Alter, in the lede for her profile of Marissa Mayer’s new AI startup Dazzle for The New York Times (gift link): Late last year, Marissa Mayer was struggling with what felt like an impossible task. Her daughter Marielle was turning 10, and Marielle’s teacher wanted three bullet points summarizing what made her special. Mayer — the former chief executive of Yahoo and a pioneer at Google,…
The New York Times recently published a profile of Marissa Mayer's new AI startup, Dazzle, for which they quoted her describing an experience with the assistant. According to the article, Mayer was faced with the challenge of summarizing her empathetic, creative, and animal-loving 10-year-old daughter, Marielle, into just three bullet points.
She turned to Dazzle, her personal AI assistant, and within seconds, the AI provided the desired summary: "your daughter is empathetic, creative and an animal lover." The anecdote, however, does not sit well with some readers who believe it paints Mayer in an unflattering light.
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