Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner speaks to staff. (Screen grab)
On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., Axel Springer executives and staffers filed into the auditorium of the Business Insider office in New York for an all-hands meeting, where they were greeted by union flyers reading “No slop in our shop” placed on every seat.
Staffers were looking for answers, with the meeting coming just weeks after an author page for “Business Insider AI” appeared on the site and following new guidance notifying staffers they are permitted to use A.I. to write the first drafts of their stories. Indeed, executives at the German publishing giant, which also owns POLITICO, have eagerly embraced the use of artificial intelligence, leaving employees uncertain about the company’s policies and anxious about their job security.
On Wednesday, employees were given the opportunity to confront chief executive Mathias Döpfner and the entire Axel Springer leadership in person, and they did exactly that. According to a video of the town hall reviewed by Status, staffers relentlessly pressed the executives…
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