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Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories
Microsoft is teaming up with media website Semafor on a new project that uses ChatGPT to aid in the creation of news stories.
How a pioneering mixed-gender newsroom covered the A-bomb
Writing for Their Lives by historian Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette recounts the work of America's first female science and tech reporters working for E.W. Scripps' Science Service.
USA Today's publisher had to update all of the sports posts its AI reporter botched
A week after "pausing" its AI high scool sports reporter, Gannett publishing has has had to recheck and update every post the machine had written.
New AP guidelines lay the groundwork for AI-assisted newsrooms
The Associated Press published standards today for generative AI use in its newsroom. The organization, which has a licensing agreement with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, listed a fairly restrictive and common-sense list of measures around the burgeoning tech while cautioning its staff not to use AI to make publishable content. Although nothing in the new guidelines is particularly controversial, less scrupulous outlets could view the AP’s blessing as a license to use generative AI more excessively or underhandedly.
How AI could help local newsrooms remain afloat in a sea of misinformation
As six research teams showed at NYU Media Lab’s AI & Local News Initiative demo day, generative AI may hold the key to transforming how local news is gathered and produced.
House and Senate bills aim to protect journalists' data from government surveillance
House and Senate bills would bar the government from taking journalists' data in a bid to reveal sources.
CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback
The storied tech publication is promising to disclose when artificial intelligence generates a portion of a story's text, but that's about it.
VentureBeat is the latest publication to use AI in its articles
VentureBeat has revealed that it's using AI to help write articles, if in limited situations.
BuzzFeed is the latest publisher to embrace AI-generated content
In a Thursday morning internal memo acquired by the Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti announced plans to embrace AI in both editorial and business operations.
CNET had to correct most of its AI-written articles
CNET has issued corrections for over half of the AI-written articles the outlet recently attributed to its CNET Money team.
CNET pauses publication of AI-written stories amid controversy
CNET is pausing releases of AI-written articles after uproars over errors and a lack of disclosure.
CNET has used an AI to write financial explainers nearly 75 times since November
Turns out CNET has been using AI to write financial explainers and only mumblecoughed that it was doing so.
The Guardian says ransomware attack compromised staff's personal data
The Guardian has confirmed that it was the victim of ransomware, and that the attackers accessed staff personal data.
Congress axes media revenue sharing bill after pushback from Google and Meta
Congress has cut a bill that would have let media outlets ask for link revenue sharing from Google, Meta and othe tech giants.
Bipartisan bill would push Google and Meta to negotiate fair rates with news orgs
The aim is to give publishers more leverage with tech giants.
Google expands its News Showcase program to Canada
Google has signed agreements with eight publishers in Canada for its News Showcase program, including major publishers like The Globe and Mail.
Facebook jumpstarts newsletter ambitions with $5 million for indie writers
The company will prioritize reporters who plan to cover marginalized communities.
Google-backed journalism study points to a local news resurgence
Google-backed local news initiative Project Oasis has found that the amount of small publishers in North America has grown by 50 percent over the past five years despite media outlets facing financial insecurity.
Flipboard makes it easier to find local news in 1,000 areas across the US and Canada
The company is introducing a new discovery mechanism that will allow users to find local stories that come from 1,000 cities, towns and regions across North America.
Google will pay News Corp outlets for using their content
Google has signed a three-year agreement to carry content from News Corp publications in the US, UK and Australia.