"This is how products get built and developed in the digital age: ideation, research, design and prototyping, development, and then Beta,"
"Only if they prove to be successful for the customer do they then get launched. As stated clear on Your Personal Podcast, it is currently in Beta."
"Some staffers questioned the tech's seemingly nonexistent guardrails, Status reported, while another described it as a "total disaster.""
The Washington Post rolled out a "Your Personal Podcast" AI feature that generated personalized podcasts. Staffers reported AI-invented and misattributed quotes, occasional editorializing, and insufficient guardrails. Internal tests reportedly found up to 84 percent of AI-generated podcast scripts failed to meet newspaper standards and were unpublishable. The product team characterized errors as normal for a Beta rollout and said it would iterate through remaining issues. Leadership framed the initiative using product-development language and moved forward despite newsroom objections, revealing a disconnect between newsroom editorial standards and the product team’s priorities.
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