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How journalists can make AI work for them.
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (370+ words) A framework for newsrooms to use AI in ways that don't sacrifice quality or lessen oversight. Ask a working journalist about AI, and you're likely to hear a string of expletives, an indictment of tech companies, and'especially if the person…...
A new app's idea for fighting misinformation in Ukraine: peer-reviewed posts, crypto micropayments, and AI.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (148+ words) A new app combines peer-reviewed posts, crypto micropayments, AI, and blockchain technology to verify what's going on in Ukraine. Theodore Glasser, an emeritus professor of communication at Stanford, served as an adviser on the project. "It's exciting," he said. "It's…...
AI versus accuracy? We're willing to make the trade-off.
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (251+ words) When asking AI about the news, readers "know the answers they are getting are not perfect." They keep asking anyway. Researchers who study AI and journalism are identifying a striking tension: people who use AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and…...
In this Cleveland newsroom, AI is writing (but not reporting) the news.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (14+ words) In This Cleveland Newsroom, AI Is Writing (But Not Reporting) the News'Columbia Journalism Review...
AI Chatbots Can Search the Web – So Why Don’t They?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) A growing number of people say they are turning to AI platforms, rather than traditional search engines, for information-related queries." But while these tools are, in theory, capable of responding to queries about the news in a time-sensitive manner, they…...
Editorial independence means technological independence.
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (512+ words) From Google to Microsoft, European newsrooms often rely on tools built in Silicon Valley. Some are trying to break free, turning to open-source alternatives or home-grown solutions. This piece was first published in French by M'dianes, a media outlet, studio,…...
How AI browsers sneak past blockers and paywalls.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (257+ words) OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet present a new challenge for media companies that want to limit AI access. But as TollBit's most recent State of the Bots report states, "The next wave of AI visitors [are] increasingly looking like humans....
Reddit is winning the AI game.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) Since the site struck licensing deals with Google and OpenAI, its traffic'and its importance to legacy media outlets'has surged. In the past few years, Reddit's place in the media industry has undergone a dramatic shift. Once regarded primarily as an…...
Why AI models are bad at verifying photos
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (923+ words) A case study: when reasoning works When reasoning breaks down Large language models have certain advantages over human fact-checkers and reverse image search tools, particularly when it comes to identifying visual clues in an image for geolocation. A recent investigation…...
I Tested How Well AI Tools Work for Journalism
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (596+ words) Some tools were sufficient for summarizing meetings. For research, the results were a disaster. Journalists now have access to an abundance of AI tools on the market that promise to assist with tasks such as transcription, note-taking, summarization, research, and…...