Marissa Mayer defends using her AI assistant to describe her daughter

First reported by New York Post at · Updated · 2 sources

Her daughter’s teacher requested three bullet points explaining what made the girl special, according to The Next Web’s account of a New York Times profile. The profile prompted online criticism of Mayer’s use of her startup’s assistant. The former Yahoo CEO was Google’s first female engineer, according to the New York Post.

Covered by 2 publishers within 3 hours of the first report.

Reporting2

New York Post Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer under fire for bragging about birthday tribute to daughter — written by AI: ‘Who would do this?’ · Andrea Palladino
The Next Web Marissa Mayer defends asking her AI app what makes her daughter special · Ana Maria Constantin

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