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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI

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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI

I’ve been a freelance journalist for 10 years, usually writing for magazines and websites about cinema. I presented a morning show on Radio Kraków twice a week for about two years. It was only one part of my work, but I really enjoyed it. It was about culture and cinema, and featured a range of people, from artists to activists. I remember interviewing Ukrainians about the Russian invasion for the first programme I presented, back in 2022.

I was let go in August 2024, alongside a dozen co-workers who were also part-time. We were told the radio station was having financial problems. I was relatively OK with it, as I had other income streams. But a few months later I heard that Radio Kraków was launching programmes hosted by three AI characters. Each had AI-generated photographs, a biography and a specific personality. They called it an “experiment” aimed at younger audiences.

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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI

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