Category: Reports | White papers

“The debates over automation in journalism are not straightforward. Many welcome the capability to make non-journalistic tasks more efficient, but at the same time worry that cheaply produced synthetic media and semi-automated content could further commoditise news and undermine trust.”…

“. . . this year’s data confirm how the various shocks of the last few years, including the Coronavirus pandemic, have further accelerated structural shifts towards a more digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, with further implications for the business…

“. . . we confirmed our suspicion about the AI gap between large and small organizations. In the cohort we surveyed, AI technologies were not in wide use. But the reasons largely came down to a lack of any cushion…

“Augmented reporting” is currently the favoured use of AI in journalism, says a report for the Knight Foundation. The category includes Other ways newsrooms are using AI, in order of their reported use, are Researchers examined 130 projects over the…

‘The upcoming shift may well spell the end of PSM as we know it. But it could also be the start of a new era in which PSM organizations are more than ever called upon to act as curators of…

‘If we value journalism as a social good, provided by humans for humans, then we have a window of perhaps 2-5 years, when news organizations must get across this technology.’ AI systems could have ‘a wide-ranging and profound influence on…

Introducing AI is second only to ‘shifting revenue models’ as a major challenge facing worldwide newsrooms, says a global study by INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS. ICFJ canvassed newsrooms in 149 countries and 14 languages and had 4,100 journalists and news…

THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND wants AI to be ‘human-centric’ and ‘trust-generating.’ The aspiration comes in a sweeping government paper on national readiness, saying AI is more than a technology. AI understanding should reach all aspects of Finnish society. It should…

‘The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concerns the future of the whole society, all humankind, and the environment.’ A combination of universities, institutes, and companies have launched 15 principles to guide the evolution of artificial intelligence in China. Known as…

‘A global reference point for trustworthy AI’ is how the OECD headlines this report from their Council on Artificial Intelligence. They note optimism about economic growth from AI and at the same time notice ‘anxieties and ethical concerns,’ which they…

The EUROPEAN COMMISSION presents seven guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence. The Commission says they want to create ‘an environment of trust’ when developing AI as well as when deploying and using AI. Each of the seven headings links to the…

THE REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM predicts newsroom investment in 2019 will continue to favour humans over machines. Its annual trends report highlights newsroom experimentation that’s underway. RISJ forecasts more activity in: Personalization Automation (both text and video)…

AI research continues to be predominantly male-driven according to this annual index of key indicators compiled by the AI research community. REPRESENTATIVE FINDINGS Demographics of AI professors: 80% male (sample of seven leading faculties worldwide) Applicant pool for AI jobs…

While media should explore in detail the promise and pitfalls of AI, they would be well served to treat it less as a world-shaking revolution and more as a set of technologies in the process of being designed, a set…

Technologies inevitably embody the values of their creators, whether a small team of engineers or a large group of nations imagining a collective destiny THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM says beneficial outcomes should be foremost when technology is on the agenda….

The U.K. HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE on AI has 74 recommendations for the future of artificial intelligence. Their exhaustive report suggests development be guided by a code of ethics: Artificial intelligence should be developed for the common good and…

THE CENTRE FOR MEDIA TRANSITION offers this annotated bibliography about public trust in journalism. More than 70 pages present a compendium of annotated sources from around the world, including: Studies of public attitudes Peer-reviewed academic papers Journalistic accounts Active links…

A REPORT FROM THE TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM + BROWN INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA INNOVATION says ‘humans need to stay in the loop’ as artificial intelligence develops in journalism. They foresee possibilities for stories otherwise unobtainable with intelligent machines and…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANDBOOK offers journalistic considerations for working with AI, based on real practices drawn from their early work in automated journalism. It was published in early 2017. SUMMARY The 24-page booklet covers staffing and training, the fit for…

THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY US PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL provides a succinct review of algorithms and their potential for bias, amongst other consequences arising from their use. They provide seven principles intended to balance concerns and benefits. ‘The ubiquity of…

THE TOW CENTRE FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM considers the landscape for automated journalism in 2016. Most of the concepts and implications remain pertinent. REPRESENTATIVE FINDINGS Issues of accountability and transparency persist. Audience impacts arising from increased volume and more personalization are…