Gina Chua

New York

Executive Editor at Semafor

Executive Editor at global news startup @Semafor. Formerly @Reuters @SCMPNews @WSJ. Exploring new forms of journalism and where the profession is heading

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Articles

The ease of vibe coding could upend the economics of scarcity and scale

2 days ago | semafor.com | Gina Chua

Recent remarkable and rapid improvements in vibe coding — using AI systems to write programs — are upending Silicon Valley’s balance of power, away from talented developers and towards startup founders with a good idea. But they will also remake the economics of scale and the corporate processes built around husbanding and prioritizing scarce tech resources.
View: If AI can personalize ads, why not news?

4 days ago | semafor.com | Gina Chua

The Wall Street Journal’s scoop that Meta plans to offer personalized AI-generated ads by the end of the year points to a brave new world for advertising — and for news. Increasingly sophisticated AI tools mean that companies — in this case, advertisers or Meta — are close to being able to generate, in real time, sales pitches specifically tailored to individuals.
If AI can personalize ads, why not news?

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Gina Chua

Gina’s viewThe Wall Street Journal’s scoop that Meta plans to offer personalized AI-generated ads by the end of the year points to a brave new world for advertising — and for news. Increasingly sophisticated AI tools mean that companies — in this case, advertisers or Meta — are close to being able to generate, in real time, sales pitches specifically tailored to individuals.
🟡 The year ahead | Semafor | Semafor

Jan 2, 2025 | semafor.com | Gina Chua

Anna Rose Layden/ReutersTrump will have a fleet of loyalists in next year’s Congress — but not everyone will fall in line. And it only takes a couple of House Republicans to tank a bill given their razor-thin majority. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who has considerable sway in the Freedom Caucus, warned he’ll oppose renewing Trump’s 2017 tax bill without significant spending cuts. Meanwhile, moderate Rep.
An AI polling startup makes its predictions for tomorrow’s races

Nov 4, 2024 | flipboard.com | Gina Chua

1 hour agoChinese AI firms are splurging on ads, report finds, as chatbot market gets crowdedTech giants such as Alibaba and ByteDance along with start-ups spent US$70.2 million in the third quarter to promote generative AI products, report …8 hours agoHow to replace Google with ChatGPT Search as your default search engineSo long, Google! ChatGPT Search is here, challenging Google's dominance in the search engine realm.
An AI polling startup makes its predictions for tomorrow’s races | Semafor

Nov 4, 2024 | semafor.com | Gina Chua

Young entrepreneurs who think their AI chatbots can model human behavior better than humans can agreed to put their model to the test in the 2024 election. We wrote about the two 19-year-old college dropouts, Cam Fink and Ned Koh, and Aaru, the company they co-founded with 15-year-old John Kessler, two months ago. They use census and other demographic data to create thousands of AI avatars of voters, each with hundreds of personality traits to model the humans they’re supposed to mimic.
An AI polling startup makes its predictions for the 2024 US election

Nov 4, 2024 | flipboard.com | Gina Chua

7 hours agoWhen the news hit last Tuesday, people started freaking out immediately and all my devices lit up. I had been driving, so when I finally stopped at a gas station, I checked my phone: “LinkedIn launches its first AI agent to take on the role of job recruiters.” Aw man, that’s it? I thought a …
Iran says it wants parties to live up to 2015 nuclear deal

Sep 23, 2024 | semafor.com | Gina Chua

Iran wants all parties to abide by the terms of the now-scuttled 2015 nuclear accord with the US and other major powers before discussing any new agreement, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday. “We are still ready to live up to the same framework,” he told a roundtable of journalists in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
News organizations undermine journalist groups, caving to Chinese pressure | Semafor

Jul 18, 2024 | semafor.com | Diego Mendoza |Gina Chua

A Wall Street Journal reporter’s firing in Hong Kong has revealed a quiet, intense battle between journalists in Asia and their employers over how to handle Chinese government pressure on independent media — and raised questions of whether big media organizations are undermining the groups that have long advocated for journalists in the region.
Semaforum with Maria Ressa: "Every time you personalize, you tear apart the public sphere." | Semafor

Apr 12, 2024 | semafor.com | Gina Chua

Semaforums are occasional short Q&As with authors and other interesting figures. Maria Ressa is the co-founder and CEO of the Philippine news site Rappler and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” She’s faced — and beaten — several criminal charges in the Philippines, although two are still pending.