Julie Bort

Julie Bort is a senior writer at TechCrunch, covering artificial intelligence and venture capital. She has previously written for Fortune, The Wall Street Journal and Recode. Her beats include Microsoft, Inflection AI and other startups in the AI space. Born in New York City, Bort graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English literature. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

Biography:  https://techcrunch.com/author/julie-bort/

73%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

70%

Examples:

  • Julie Bort works for TechCrunch, which is owned by Verizon Media, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications. Verizon Communications has invested in several artificial intelligence companies, including Inflection AI.
  • The article is written by Julie Bort who covers artificial intelligence and venture capital. She may have a conflict of interest as she writes about the deals made by Microsoft and Inflection AI.

Contradictions

50%

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  • Investors in the early $225 million round will be getting 1.5 times their investment and those in the later $1.3 billion round will get 1.1 times their investment, which adds up to more than $650 million when considering other investments made by Greylock VC firm and others.
  • Microsoft has paid approximately $650 million for non-exclusive licensing fees and Inflection to agree not to sue over Microsoft’s poaching of co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and KarΙn Simonyan.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article does not provide any evidence or sources for the claims made about Microsoft's payments to Inflection AI and its investors.
  • The article uses clickbait titles that are misleading and do not reflect the content of the articles.

Recent Articles

Microsoft Acquires OpenAI Challenger Inflection for $1.3 Billion

Microsoft Acquires OpenAI Challenger Inflection for $1.3 Billion

Broke On: Thursday, 21 March 2024 Microsoft has acquired Inflection, a startup that aimed to compete with OpenAI. The company raised $1.3 billion in funding from Microsoft and Nvidia in June 2023.