Category: AI in the newsroom

“Realness will have a premium. It’s going to be even more important to have trusted brands.” Nick Thompson, The Atlantic The UK’s PressGazette canvasses for opinions about generative AI from: SEE FULL ARTICLE ChatGPT six months on: Insight from 12…

“FT journalism in the new AI age will continue to be reported and written by humans who are the best in their fields and who are dedicated to reporting on and analysing the world as it is, accurately and fairly.”…

“. . .exploring the possibilities afforded by the new generation of tools is not optional – though we are still examining how to make most appropriate use of them. “ Reuters memo An internal memo posted by TBN details Reuters‘ thinking…

“It has also underlined one of the challenges raised by generative AI for news organisations. We, like others, will learn and adapt.” Ruadhan Mac Cormaic, editor of Irish Times The Guardian reports on an incident involving Irish Times and a…

“We aim to hire someone with a profound appreciation of both the potential benefits and unintended harms resulting from chatbots, robots, online search, voice assistants, facial recognition, fraud detection, crime prevention and the gamut of other AI applications.” Bloomberg Job…

“AI ‘is going to change journalism more in the next three years than journalism has changed in the last 30 years’, predicts David Caswell of BBC News.” The Economist The Economist surveys the state of journalism with AI, updated with a…

“To be explicitly clear, we do not blindly copy and paste what tools like ChatGPT generate, nor do we let AI write entire stories. Instead, we will use AI to inspire and strengthen our work — overcoming writer’s block, improving our…

“Some are dressed up as breaking news sites with generic-sounding names like News Live 79 and Daily Business Post, while others share lifestyle tips, celebrity news or publish sponsored content.” Davey Alba The U.S. journalism watchdog, NewsGuard, has identified multiple websites…

“Nuñez said VentureBeat is encouraging reporters to use the powerful AI tools that are currently available, and doesn’t attribute an article with “sentences and fragments” from a chatbot “as long as it’s truthful” and independently verified. ‘I don’t think our…

Four leading journalism thinkers discuss the implications of AI systems for journalists and journalism. The panel is moderated by Charlie Beckett, Professor at the London School of Economics and head of the journalism & Ai project within POLIS, LSE’s journalism…

“The conversation has rapidly evolved over the past six months as these new chatbots are so much more user-friendly than previous versions, increasing the possibilities of using them on a day-to-day basis.” Charlotte Tobitt PressGazette surveys how news organizations are…

“The company will set up a working group first to test ways to responsibly incorporate AI into its workflow before rolling out a set of AI rules and best practices to the broader newsroom..” Sara Fischer AXIOS talks with Insider’s…

“Abdullah Boftain, deputy editor-in-chief for Kuwait News, told AFP news agency the move tested AI’s potential to offer ‘new and innovative content”‘” Antoinette Radford The latest AI news presenter has debuted in Kuwait. Named “Fedha,” the AI figure was announced…

This panel considers the possibilities, uses, and pitfalls of using AI systems in newsrooms. It is moderated by Felix M. Simon, of the Oxford Internet Institute. The panellists: SEE VIDEOApril 2023

“. . . the question for responsible news organisations is simple, and urgent: what can this technology do right now, and how can it benefit responsible reporting at a time when the wider information ecosystem is already under pressure from…

“Interview responses from local practitioners showed that, while most perceive the relevance of automated journalism to local news reporting as less important than human reporter contributions, they paradoxically report a shift in their practices towards greater use of automated journalism….

“A corpus of all of the world’s premium English-language business reporting — plus the universe of financial data, structured and otherwise, that underpins it — is just the sort of rich vein of information a generative AI is designed to…

“Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s head of Bing, said in an interview that directing users to click through to publishers was ‘a top goal.’ And although the new Bing has been around for less than two months, the data was ‘already showing…

“. . . media companies have an opportunity to become a major player in the space – they possess some of the most valuable assets for AI development: text data for training models and ethical principles for creating reliable and…

“It may seem counterintuitive for a publication like Wired to have a policy of mostly not using AI,” Lichfield told me. “But I think people appreciate both the transparency and the attempt to define clear standards that emphasize what quality journalism is…

 “Over at The Verge, staff are ‘on guard,’ editor Nilay Patel tells me, while noting that this isn’t the first time newsrooms have geared up for a deluge of deepfakes. ‘What our newsroom took away from 2020 was that the…

“(Generating story ideas) may save some time and we will keep exploring how this can be useful. But some limited testing we’ve done has shown that it can also produce false leads or boring ideas.” Gideon Lichfield WIRED defines more…

The Associated Press was amongst the earliest users of Ai in journalism and convened this panel to consider the impact of generative models on journalistic practices. Moderated by the AP’s Aimee Rhinhart, the panellists are: New York & online |…

“Understanding this change is essential to a publishing house’s future viability. . . Only those who create the best original content will survive.” Mathias Doepfner THE GUARDIAN reports on an internal memo to employees at Axel Springer, the German-based publisher,…

“The job is to break news and dive deep into how AI technologies work, how they’ll be applied across industries, and the ripple effects on business and society.“ Madhumita Murgia  “First-first” AI editor Madhumita Murgia describes how she’ll examine AI impacts…

“Reach plc has formed a working group to determine the extent to which chatbots, programmes that allow robots to hold direct online conversations with humans, could help in aiding reporters covering topics such as weather and traffic reports.“ David Sharman, HTFP….

“. . . complaining that they’re bad at journalism is like being angry at Excel because it doesn’t draw pictures well.” Gina Chua Augmented journalism pioneer Gina Chua suggests the most significant use for current large language models (LLMs) is…

“Impress’ guidance on the Standards Code’s accuracy requirements now says publishers need to “be aware of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology to create and circulate false content (for example, deepfakes), and exercise human editorial oversight to…

“In virtually all cases additional work is needed to evaluate the quality of output for the tasks. In general, I would not recommend using ChatGPT for these tasks without a strict and close editorial process for fact-checking outputs before anything is…

“Some more complex AI models like neural networks can be notorious for the “black box” ways in which they work: it’s hard to decipher how they reach the conclusions they do based on vast datasets. That’s why experts are now…