“GenAI reveals what it is capable of through trial and error, rather than a set of use cases predefined by the product engineers.”
– Jessica Cecil
This collection of insights offers a high-level view of using generative AI in newsrooms. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, with Oxford University, convened three industry roundtables during 2023 about generative AI impacts in news, and this article summarises these sessions.
The piece also provides a useful timeline of events from November 2022, when OpenAI released ChatGPT 3.5, to the end of 2023, when Axel Springer made its landmark deal with OpenAI and The New York Times launched its OpenAI lawsuit.
2023 round tables on AI and the global news industry | REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM | February 8, 2024 | by Jessica Cecil