“Newsroom Robots” podcaster and journalism educator Nikita Roy speaks at the Carleton University-hosted Journalism and AI roundtable in Toronto on May 30, 2024. The split image in the background shows two videos of Roy — one generated by AI and the other real. About 70 per cent of attendees guessed wrong when asked which was …

Journalists have had to adapt to technological change many times over the decades and generations. From the invention of the telegraph to the advent of radio and television to the ongoing transition from newspapers to digital sites and social media, the newest challenge — artificial intelligence — joins a long list of previous disruptions. Worries …