News Articles, Academic Studies, Podcasts and Videos
At the Intersection of Journalism & Artificial Intelligence
Note: Additional links further below to resources from International Festival of Journalism 2024, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, JournalismAI — London School of Economics/Polis, Nikita Roy’s Newsroom Robots, AI Journalism Lab at CUNY and more
Bibliography
Angwin, Julia with Alondra Nelson and Rina Palta. “Seeking Reliable Election Information? Don’t Trust AI — Experts testing five leading AI models found the answers were often inaccurate, misleading, and even downright harmful,” proofnews.org, Feb 27, 2024
https://www.proofnews.org/seeking-election-information-dont-trust-ai
Baroni, Alice. “Artificial Intelligence in and through the Media. A Critical Review of the European Approach to AI and the Potential Implications for Journalistic Agency, Media Transparency and Accountability.”, in Comunicazione politica, Quadrimestrale dell’Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione Politica 1/2023, pp. 29-50, doi: 10.3270/106939
Beckett, Charlie. (2019) New powers, new responsibilities A global survey of journalism and artificial intelligence. (111 pages). Polis/London School of Economics and Politics/Google News Initiative.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utmAMCmd4rfJHrUfLLfSJ-clpFTjyef1/view
Beckett, Charlie and Mira Yaseen. (2023) Generating Change: A global survey of what news
organisations are doing with AI. (90 pages). Polis/London School of Economics and Politics/Google News Initiative.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64d60527c01ae7106f2646e9/t/656e400a1c23e22da0681e46/1701724190867/Generating+Change+_+The+Journalism+AI+report+_+English.pdf
Canadian Journalism Foundation. (2023) “What Can Journalists Do That AI Can’t?” Panel discussion. April 11, 2023. J-Talks Live. https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/journalists-and-ai/
Channel 1 (AI-generated) news channel, “Channel 1 gives users a new more personal way to watch the news. Introducing a new personalized global news network, powered by generative AI. Full launch in 2024.”
https://www.channel1.ai/ (see related Radio-Canada item below)
Cohen, Olivia. “As journalism embraces AI, college professors evaluate how to incorporate the technology,” Online News Association, Aug. 25, 2023.
https://newsroom.journalists.org/2023/08/25/as-journalism-embraces-ai-college-professors-evaluate-how-to-incorporate-the-technology/
Chua, Gina. “Can AI count hate crimes?” Semafor, Feb. 18, 2024.
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/18/2024/can-ai-count-hate-crimes
Deuze, Mark and Beckett, Charlie. 2022. “Imagination, Algorithms and News: Developing AI Literacy for Journalism” in Digital Journalism (Sept. 2022), pp. 1913-1918.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2119152
Diakopoulos, Nicholas. (2019). Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media. Harvard University Press. 336 pages.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674976986
Frehner, Matt (Globe’s visual editor). “A note on AI and The Globe and Mail newsroom,” June 2023. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-note-on-ai-and-the-globe-and-mail-newsroom/
Garcia, Mario. “The new AI book: fun lessons!” The Mario Blog, June 21, 2023.
https://garciamedia.com/blog/the-new-ai-book-fun-lessons/
Garcia, Mario. AI: The Next Revolution in Content Creation. 2023. “In AI: The Next Revolution in Content Creation foremost content strategist and Columbia Journalism School Professor Dr. Mario Garcia, the mind behind the strategy of over 700 newspapers globally, explores how artificial intelligence can assist those who create content, and the editors and designers who package it, while illuminating the more philosophical issues inherent in the topic. Leveraging interviews, case studies, and many pro tips from some of the best brains in the academic and scientific areas of artificial intelligence, as well as those of working journalists and media leaders, AI: The Next Revolution in Content Creation explores the implications, triumphs and flaws of AI.”
https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Next-Revolution-Content-Creation/dp/B0CT6BQT65
Golding, Yona TR, “Hacking journalism,” Columbia Journalism Review, April 10, 2024.
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/hackathon-hacks-hackers-brown-institute-columbia-ai-journalism-tools.php?mc_cid=f233e7ef4c&mc_eid=2e6dc28296
Gondwe, Gregory. (2023). “CHATGPT and the Global South: How are journalists in sub- Saharan Africa engaging with generative AI?” In Online Media and Global Communication.
https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2023-0023
Hansen, A. S., Helberger, N., Blanke, T., & Bočytė, R. (2023). Initial white paper on the social, economic, and political impact of media AI technologies (124 pages). AI4Media – A European Excellence Centre for Media, Society and Democracy.
https://www.ai4media.eu/reports/initial-white-paper-on-the-socialeconomic-and-political-impact-of-media-aitechnologies-2/
Henshall, Will. 2024. “Experts Warn Congress of Dangers AI Poses to Journalism,” in Time magazine, Jan. 10, 2024. https://time.com/6554118/congress-ai-journalism-hearing/
Hern, Alex and Dan Milmo. ‘Danger and opportunity for news industry as AI woos it for vital human-written copy,” The Guardian, May 4, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/04/danger-and-opportunity-for-news-industry-as-ai-woos-it-for-vital-human-written-copy
Ingram, Mathew, “OpenAI and Microsoft respond to the Times—while Musk also sues OpenAI,” Columbia Journalism Review, March 7, 2024
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/nyts-times-lawsuit-openai-microsoft-musk.php?mc_cid=fbfa96cbf3&mc_eid=2e6dc28296
Jaakkola, Maarit, ed. “Reporting on Artificial Intelligence: A Handbook for Journalism Educators,” UNESCO, 2023.
https://iamcr.org/members-books/jaakkola-2023
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000384551
Kahn, Gretl. “This newsroom has been experimenting with AI since 2020. Here is what they have learned,” in-depth piece with Uli Köppen after four years as head of the AI and Automation Lab at the German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. Reuters Institute, May 24, 2024.
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/newsroom-has-been-experimenting-ai-2020-here-what-they-have-learned
Li, Anita. “Here’s your chance to help define ethics for AI in Canada’s journalism industry — Tell the Canadian Association of Journalists what’s on your mind when it comes to artificial intelligence,” The Other Wave substack, April 7, 2024
https://theotherwave.substack.com/p/heres-your-chance-to-help-define
META, “Meet Your New Assistant: Meta AI, Built With Llama 3,” April 18, 2024.
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/meta-ai-assistant-built-with-llama-3/
NewsGPT, “NewsGPT Unveils World’s First Artificial Intelligence-Powered ‘News Forecast’,” via Accesswire, Dec. 7, 2023.
https://www.accesswire.com/814269/newsgpt-unveils-worlds-first-artificial-intelligence-powered-news-forecast
NewsGPT, “Welcome to NewsGPT: Your AI-powered source for fast, accurate worldwide news. Dive into the future of news, simplified.” Main NewsGPT website: https://newsgpt.ai/
Promotional “About Us” video overview: https://newsgpt.ai/about-us/
Nolan, Hamilton. “Writing the AI Rulebook: The pursuit of collective commitment, with journalism’s future at stake,” Oct. 16, 2023.
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/writing-ai-rulebook-artificial-intelligence-journalism.php?mc_cid=f233e7ef4c&mc_eid=2e6dc28296
Novoa, Olalla, “How a Spanish media group created an AI tool to detect audio deepfakes to help journalists in a big election year — These are the problems we wanted to tackle and we wanted to tackle them fast, writes product manager Olalla Novoa, who led on this new initiative,” April 8, 2024.
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-spanish-media-group-created-ai-tool-detect-audio-deepfakes-help-journalists-big-election
Schellman, Hilke with Arijit Douglas Sen and Sayash Kapoor, “How To Report Better on Artificial Intelligence,” pulitzercenter.org, July 6, 2023
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-report-better-artificial-intelligence
Simon, F. M., & Isaza-Ibarra, L. F. (2023). AI in the news: Reshaping the information ecosystem? (24 pages). Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. http://dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-dx865edma
Snow, Jackie. “AI is quietly revolutionizing the news. Here’s how — Beyond high-profile wins and faceplants, understated but impactful applications of generative AI are transforming newsrooms,” Quartz, March 28, 2024.
https://qz.com/ai-news-media-business-1851372001
Story, Louise. 2023. “AI & News: Moving Beyond ‘if’ to ‘how’ ” in Medium. Sept. 20, 2023.
https://louise-story.medium.com/ai-news-moving-beyond-if-to-how-284da1ce434b
Story, Louise. “’Flexicles,’ story alert systems, and other ways AI will serve publishers, reporters, and readers,” niemanlab.org, Sept. 21, 2023
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/09/flexicles-story-alert-systems-and-other-ways-ai-will-serve-news-companies-reporters-and-readers/?trk=public_post_comment-text
Nishal, S., & Diakopoulos, N. (2023). Envisioning the Applications and Implications of Generative AI for News Media. In CHI Workshop on Generative AI & HCI.
https://nishalsach.github.io/pdfs/2023-genaihci-chi.pdf
Samyn, Paul. “AI’s Promise and Peril,” Winnipeg Free Press, April 3, 2024
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/ais-promise-and-peril?utm_source=Salesforce&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=EditorsNote
Radio-Canada. “Des bulletins télé générés par l’IA,” le télé journal, April 30, 2024.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YAdEuhn5GGY
Radionews.ai, website, “Local Radio News Without The Need For A Newsroom
The #1 AI News Anchor Generator For Radio Stations
RadioNewsAI provides your radio station with news on autopilot based on any online source you provide. Use it for daily news, weather, upcoming events, sport updates or whatever you can think of. Written and read by your own AI News Anchor at a fraction of the usual cost.”
https://radionewsai.com/
Radio Today UK, “Devon radio stations switch to AI voices for news bulletins,” Sept. 15, 2023.
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/09/devon-radio-stations-switch-to-artificial-intelligence-newsreaders/#:~:text=In%20August%2C%20the%20DevonAiR%20Gold,and%20updates%20during%20the%20day.
Discussion panel videos featuring discussions about Journalism and Artificial Intelligence, International Festival of Journalism, Perugia, Italy, April 17-21, 2024
“Applying AI in small newsrooms: lessons from the AI in Journalism Challenge”
This panel discussion will review practical lessons from AIJC – an accelerator programme in which 12 newsrooms from around the world developed pragmatic generative AI applications between July and November of 2023. The discussion will focus on what these 12 projects reveal about hands-on use of generative AI in newsrooms, as well as on insight from specific projects and larger opportunities for facilitating and accelerating the exploitation of AI in the service of public service journalism.
Claudia Baez, co-founder and director, Cuestión Pública; David Caswell, founder StoryFlow; Shuwei Fang, associate director media & disinformation, Open Society Foundations; Bahareh Heravi, Institute for People-Centred AI, University of Surrey
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/applying-ai-in-small-newsrooms.-lessons-from-the-ai-in-journalism-challenge
“Using AI to help detect bias and discrimination in English and Arabic text”
What’s it like to use AI to help detect bias and discrimination in text? Can it be done in both English and Arabic? These were the questions that journalists and technologists from Deutsche Welle, ABC Australia, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism addressed when they began the JournalismAI Fellowship in 2023. Over six months, they collaborated across newsrooms, time zones, and departments to come up with a working plugin to surface biased text.
Defne Altiok, Deutsche Welle; Ipek Baris Schlicht, data scientist, Deutsche Welle Innovation; Tshepo Tshabalala, project manager, JournalismAI
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/using-ai-to-help-detect-bias-and-discrimination-in-english-and-arabic-text
“Leading a newsroom in the world of AI”
In this time of continuing financial challenges, only the biggest news media giants have the resources to hire AI experts to lead their responses to the challenges and opportunities the acceleration of AI is presenting. What about the rest of us? As a newsroom leader, how do you navigate this new AI world? What might you do to help your team respond to yet another disruption – perhaps the biggest one since publishing news on the Internet first began upending journalism.
Natalia Antelava,co-founder and editor-in-chief, Coda Story; Dawn Garcia, director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships; Carolina Guerrero, CEO, Radio Ambulante Studios; Akoto Ofori-Atta, co-founder and chief audience officer, Capital B
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/leading-a-newsroom-in-the-world-of-ai
“Regulating AI in (and for) the news”
AI has become a pivotal tool in news and journalism. News organisations around the world have harnessed traditional and generative AI to analyse large datasets, automate routine tasks, personalise news delivery, and even aid in news reporting. However, the integration of AI into journalism is not without its challenges and raises difficult ethical and regulatory questions around issues such as accuracy, bias, transparency, accountability, and the concentration of power. A growing number of news organisations have tackled these challenges head-on, developing AI guidelines and policies. Meanwhile, different regulatory bodies are working in similar directions, establishing standards and regulations to ensure that the use of AI in journalism and the information ecosystem at large adheres to ethical principles and fosters a pluralistic and safe public sphere and that the technology does not become concentrated in the hand of a few companies.
Emily Bell, director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Natali Helberger, University of Amsterdam; Ritu Kapur, co-founder and managing director, Quint Digital Media Ltd.; Felix Simon, Oxford Internet Institute.
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/regulating-ai-in-and-for-the-news
“The new voice of journalism: audio news in the age of AI”
Of all the ways generative AI will impact journalism, one of the most intriguing is a potential shift from the written to the spoken word. Artificial intelligence is already being harnessed by some publishers to create audio versions of text articles, and clone voices to narrate them. As news consumers spend more time with audio journalism, how do news organisations navigate yet another frontier of innovation? Three leading experts in audio storytelling discuss what’s about to change and what will stay the same.
Cheryl Brumley, global head of audio, The Financial Times; Ezra Eeman, strategy and innovation director, NPO; Mark Little, media entrepreneur and consultant; Lena Beate Hamborg Pedersen, senior product manager, Aftenposten
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/the-new-voice-of-journalism
“AI and journalism: what does it take to get it right?”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising how we gather, process, and disseminate information. The future impact of this revolution hinges on our technological choices. This panel will address critical questions: How can we ethically harness AI in journalism? What guidelines should govern its use? How can we ensure information integrity when most web content will be AI-generated? And how do we maintain editorial independence when newsrooms utilise opaque AI systems? To tackle these issues, our panellists will discuss the foundational principles of the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism.
Charlie Beckett, director, Polis London School of Economics; Arthur Grimonpont, head of AI and global challenges desk, Reporters Without Borders; Sophie Huet, global editor-in-chief, Agence France-Presse; Anya Schiffrin, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/ai-and-journalism-what-does-it-take-to-get-it-right
“How does implementing AI in your newsroom drive sustainability?”
What difference does it make implementing AI tools in your newsroom? In a conversation with Nota, an AI startup working directly with newsrooms, and local news publishers, we’ll explore what before and after AI looks like. Through understanding the experiences of local newsrooms that use tools to build audience, optimize headlines and expand their social media presence, we’ll explore what before and after AI integration looks like. From wider audience for newsrooms reaching communities of color to decreasing time from story creation to publication, a year of use of these tools is yielding new insights about how newsrooms may change.
Desmond Barnes, social media manager, The Washington Informer; Josh Brandau, co-founder and CEO, Nota; Noreen Gillespie, journalism director, Democracy Forward Microsoft; Jennifer Robillard, director of news audience initiatives, McClatchy
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/how-does-implementing-ai-in-your-newsroom-drive-sustainability
“Here be neurons: how to tame neural networks in AI models”
In this panel discussion we are going to emphasize the importance of understanding our own neural networks – aka “our brains” – better in order to tame the artificial neural networks that have been unleashed. Clearly, we need new skills to be able to use AI to our advantage – not to our demise.
Christina Elmer, Institute for Journalism, Dortmund Technical University; Uli Koppen, head of AI and automation lab, Bayerischer Rundfunk; Maren Urner, HMKW University of Applied Sciences Cologne; Olle Zachrison, head of AI and news strategy, Swedish Radio
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/here-be-neurons-how-to-tame-neural-networks-in-ai-models
“Can journalism survive AI?”
Artificial intelligence poses existential challenges and transformative opportunities for journalism and the future of the news industry. This panel brings together journalists and technologists to explore the types of interventions needed to secure a future where journalism can survive and thrive, and what journalism might look like a few years from now.
Julia Angwin, founder, Proof News; Meredith Broussard, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; Dhruv Mehrotra, investigative data reporter, WIRED; Courtney Radsch, director, Center for Journalism and Liberty
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/can-journalism-survive-ai
“AI in newsrooms: How to do it, how not to do it, and how to remember your audience’s needs as you go along”
Louise Story, who was pivotal to the digital transformations and innovation reports of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, joins Dmitry Shishkin, who first brought “user needs” as an important concept in newsrooms while he was a leader at The BBC and recently joined Ringier AG as CEO for their international media division, in a discussion about what new user needs will develop as AI becomes more widespread.
Dmitry Shishkin, CEO Ringier Media International; Louise Story, media consultant
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/ai-in-newsrooms-how-to-do-it-how-not-to-do-it-and-how-to-remember-your-audiences-needs-as-you-go-along
“AI Showcase”
Generative AI is an epochal development – less like social media and more like the advent of the internet itself. The session will showcase how news organizations around the world are beginning to harness AI to improve processes, reporting, and audience engagement.
Charlie Beckett, director Polis London School of Economics; Chris Moran, head of editorial innovation, The Guardian; Julie Pace, executive editor, The Associated Press; Vivian Schiller, VP and executive director, Aspen Digital
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/ai-showcase
“The rise of AI: journalism after platforms”
The Facebook Journalism Project and the Google News Initiative’s era of dominance in the news industry, at least in its most recent iteration, has ended. Facebook has divorced itself from news, shuttering its journalism program and deprecating its news-related products and services. While the GNI continues to direct some funds to US news associations, its commitment to journalism nowadays is mostly channeled to its Google News Showcase, available in 22 countries, as well as novel AI-fueled solutions, like tools pitched to major publishers to support journalists writing news articles. At the same time, Google also continues to invest in its journalism and AI partnerships and fellowships, and building AI into its core products… This panel aims to draw parallels between the social media platform duopoly’s global impact on journalism with AI developers’ growing role in news media, all within a new technological and regulatory environment.
Emily Bell, director Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Gabby Miller, staff writer Tech Policy Press; Taylor Owen, founding director, The Center for Media, Technology and Democracy; Charis Papaevangelou, Institute for Information Law University of Amsterdam
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/the-rise-of-ai-journalism-after-platforms
“Freelance journalism in the age of AI”
To thrive in the age of AI, freelance journalists need to know how to adapt. This expert-led panel session will explore the challenges and opportunities of AI for freelancers and discuss how they can utilise AI tools to enhance their skills and become more efficient. Though aimed at freelancers, this session would be useful to any journalist seeking to understand how to use AI technologies to their advantage.
Anna Codrea-Rado, freelance journalist; Abigail Edge, freelance journalist; Nikita Roy, Host, Newsroom Robots podcast; Chris Stokel-Walker, freelance journalist
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/freelance-journalism-in-the-age-of-ai
“Generative AI in the news: one year on”
Looking at the journalistic landscape over the past year, the fervor surrounding the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into news practices is undeniable. Ever since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence – and large language models and transformer models in particular – have captured the imagination of news professionals worldwide, and their presence in news organisations has become increasingly pervasive. Journalists now leverage generative AI for tasks such as translation, transcription, and data analysis, as well as (visual) content generation to name just a few. On the business front, GenAI has inspired the development of new news products and formats, the improvement of workflows and is explored for tasks such as better personalization.
At the same time, the use of the technology has also led to concerns. Factual errors in the output of LLMs and fears about the effect on audience trust have led many organisations to institute standards and guidelines for the use of AI. Journalists are worried about their jobs and professional identity, while publishers are concerned about the privacy of their data, the viability of their business models and decisions by platform and search giants which could potentially reshape the information ecosystem at large.
Nicholas Diakopoulos, director, Computational Journalism Lab Northwestern University; Chris Moran, head of editorial innovation, The Guardian; Felix Simon, Oxford Internet Institute; Agnes Stenbom, head of IN/LAB
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/generative-ai-in-the-news-one-year-on
“How to prepare for the AI whistleblowers?”
As the secrecy at multi-billion-dollar Big AI companies becomes increasingly apparent, it also becomes more and more clear that true accountability is going to rely on insiders coming forward with information for the public good. Just like notoriously Facebook or Theranos, journalists will be on the front line, working with dedicated and brave individuals who risk everything to share information. Big AI permeates all industry and government – where the source sits may not be obvious. And the information the source provides may be far more technical (and nebulous) than even the most seasoned tech investigative journalist may be prepared to develop into a story.
Jennifer Gibson, legal director, Whistleblower Protection Program, The Signals Network; Delphine Halgand-Mishra, executive director, The Signals Network; Frances Haugen, advocate for accountability and transparency in social media; Billy Perrigo, tech correspondent, TIME magazine; Tyler Shultz, whistleblower, Theranos
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/how-to-prepare-for-the-ai-whistleblowers
“Social media, AI, and elections: perspectives from the Global South on the ‘Year of Democracy’ ”
2024 will bring more voters to the polls than ever in history, with elections planned in at least 64 countries, many of them in key global south countries with fragile information ecosystems. Technology, including the tide of AI disruption, brings tools that could radically change information flows and offer potential for manipulation at scale, targeting underrepresented groups and those who seek to provide accurate, trustworthy information. Such disruptions could further damage audience trust, subvert election results, sharpen divisions, and ultimately erode democracy. As journalists and civil society battle to address these risks, what strategies could be deployed to safeguard information ecosystems in the Global South?
Thandi Bhengu, data scientist Open Cities Lab; Patricia Campos Mello, columnist, Folha de Sao Paulo; Luis Fernando Garcia, executive director, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales; Ika Ningtyas, secretary-general, Alliance of Independent Journalists in Indonesia
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/social-media-ai-and-elections-perspectives-from-the-global-south-on-the-year-of-democracy
“The AI elections”
With billions heading to the polls this year, the stakes for global democracies are substantial. Generative AI advances and broad accessibility are already reshaping sectors with exponential growth expected to continue. How will these tools change the information ecosystem and how should news media respond?
Ed Bice, CEO and board chair, Meedan; Maggie Farley, senior director innovation and Knight Fellowships, ICFJ; Ritu Kapur, co-founder and managing director, Quint Digital Media Ltd; Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO, Rappler; Vivian Schiller, VP and executive director, Aspen Digital
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/the-ai-elections
“How to spot AI disinformation”
Disinformation using generative AI existed before but became a big thing in 2023 – and this challenge will be even bigger in 2024. Due to improved generative programs and a better accessibility of AI apps, we can see a rise in use of AI technologies. And this applies also for the spreading of false information; AI-generated images and videos are flooding our social feeds. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is just one of many examples to prove this. Deepfakes are aiming to influence elections and voting behaviour. Fake AI-generated influencers or even doctors have millions of views on their social media accounts. And a part of the audience isn’t aware about the fact, that these figures aren’t real. Joscha Weber will try to answer these questions together with the audience during a workshop dedicated to this growing challenge. As Deutsche Welle’s head of fact-checking, he will include examples of DW’s verification work and will share examples which help to understand the process of fact-checking.
Joscha Weber, head of fact-checking, Deutsche Welle
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/how-to-spot-ai-disinformation
“Deepfakes and deceptive AI: how’s election year 2024 really going?”
Four months into an omnibus election year and the ongoing generative AI revolution, what are the realities of how journalists are encountering the use of deceptive generative AI audio, video and images, as well as the misuse of claims of AI to dismiss real content? Are the fears around AI’s impact justified, or are we in another premature deepfake hype cycle? Grounded in the ongoing global work of WITNESS, including the global Deepfakes Rapid Response Force that connects real world deepfake cases to leading media forensic experts, the presentation will provide a primer on the critical usages seen so far and their impact, the roll-out of technical solutions including detection and content authenticity, as well as how legislators and platforms are responding.
Sam Gregory, executive director, WITNESS
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2024/deepfakes-and-deceptive-ai-hows-election-year-2024-really-going
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
“AI and the future of news”
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/ai-journalism-future-news
Portal to a wide range of research studies, articles, essays and case studies exploring Journalism and AI:
• Digital Deep Dives on AI for practising journalists with computer scientists and social scientists from the University of Oxford and elsewhere to connect practice and research.
• AI show-and-tell sessions for editors and news media executives to talk through concrete examples of work they are doing with AI and share lessons learnt.
• Research on how leaders in digital news approach AI, how news organisations have responded, how the public thinks about AI in journalism, and much more.
• Original reporting on how journalists and media executives are leveraging these technologies to strengthen their reporting and their business models, and how they approach coverage of this issue.
Samples:
Research: “I’m unable to’: How generative AI chatbots respond when asked for the latest news,” By Dr. Richard Fletcher, Marina Adami, Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, April 25, 2024
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/im-unable-how-generative-ai-chatbots-respond-when-asked-latest-news
Articles: “AI newsroom guidelines look very similar, says a researcher who studied them. He thinks this is bad news,” By Gretel Kahn, May 3, 2024
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-newsroom-guidelines-look-very-similar-says-researcher-who-studied-them-he-thinks-bad-news
Essays: “How the news ecosystem might look like in the age of generative AI: The future might be defined by a mixture of AI pragmatism, AI experimentalism and AI incrementalism, writes our Director Rasmus Nielsen,” March 26, 2024
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-news-ecosystem-might-look-age-generative-ai
Case Studies: “I trained an AI model with my own scripts and created a chatbot to help journalists make viral vertical videos,” Sophia Smith Galer, April 16, 2024 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/i-trained-ai-model-my-own-scripts-and-created-chatbot-help-journalists-make-viral-vertical
JournalismAI — London School of Economics/Polis
JournalismAI is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly. We support innovation and capacity-building in news organisations to make the potential of AI more accessible and to counter inequalities in the global news media around AI. JournalismAI is a project of Polis – the LSE’s journalism think-tank – and is supported by the Google News Initiative.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI
• Generating Change: A global survey of what news organisations are doing with artificial intelligence. Available here: https://www.journalismai.info/research/2023-generating-change
• JournalismAI Festival: A celebration of the most exciting developments at the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence. December 2023. The JournalismAI Festival features conversations and case studies that explore the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence. It is all about using AI to make journalism better. All sessions and resource links from the Festival available here: https://www.journalismai.info/festival
• JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms: A training programme to help small newsrooms leverage the power of artificial intelligence. https://www.journalismai.info/programmes/academy
• JournalismAI Starter Pack: A guide designed to help news organisations learn about the opportunities offered by AI to support their journalism.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI/Starter-Pack
• Case studies: Exploring the intersection of AI and journalism — Artificial intelligence is already used by journalists and news organisations in a variety of different ways. Many experiments and collaborations pop up on a daily basis, showing how a responsible use of AI and machine learning can open up new opportunities, as well as improving existing workflows and tools.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI/Case-studies
Articles, Interviews, Updates:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/category/journalism-ai/?_gl=1*13g9s6f*_ga*MTk5MzQ3Mzg2Ny4xNzE1ODU2Mzk0*_ga_LWTEVFESYX*MTcxNTg3MzI3OS4yLjEuMTcxNTg3Mzg2OC42MC4wLjA.
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Introducing: Newsroom Robots with Nikita Roy,” April 7, 2023. https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/introducing-newsroom-robots-with-bf2
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Chris Dinn: How a Toronto News Startup Developed an AI Chatbot to Analyze & Report on Municipal Budgets,” Sept. 14, 2023
Chris Dinn joins Nikita Roy to talk about building AI bots for his Toronto news startup, Torontoverse. Chris also explores the Online News Act’s effects in Canada and AI’s potential impact on the news industry.
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/chris-dinn-how-a-toronto-news-startup-44a
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Building an AI-Literate Newsroom at Radio Canada: In Conversation with Florent Daudens,” March 29, 2024 — In this week’s podcast, I’m bringing you an inside look at how Radio Canada has been building an AI-literate newsroom, straight from the visionary himself, Florent Daudens, the outgoing Director of News Gathering and Deployment at the Canadian Public Broadcaster, Radio Canada.
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/building-an-ai-literate-newsroom
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Louise Story: How to Lead AI Innovation Across a News Organization,” Dec. 15, 2023 — How can a newsroom leader spearhead AI innovation when AI still remains a buzzword to much of their staff? This was the question lingering in my mind as I sat down with Louise Story, the former Chief Technology & Product Officer and Chief News Strategist at The Wall Street Journal. She’s also been the Executive Producer & Senior Editor of Live Broadcast at The New York Times and taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and the Yale School of Management.
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/how-to-lead-ai-innovation-across-d5f
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Charlie Beckett & Munmun De Choudhury: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI-Generated,” Oct. 13, 2023
Charlie Beckett, Professor and Founding Director of Polis, the international journalism think tank at the London School of Economics and Munmun De Choudhury, Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, join host Nikita Roy in this episode. Together, they explore the intricacies of AI-generated misinformation, its potential implications on election and the role of the news industry in keeping the public informed and safeguarding democracy. This episode is a recording of the virtual panel at the Online News Association’s ONWARD-2023 event on September 29, 2023.
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/charlie-beckett-and-munmun-de-choudhury-aa9
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Jeremy Caplan: Exploring the Landscape of AI Tools to Boost Productivity,” Aug. 17, 2023 — Jeremy Caplan joins Nikita Roy to discuss the evolving landscape of AI tools by analyzing their use cases, addressing the challenges they present, and offering tips for enhancing productivity through strategic AI adoption
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/jeremy-caplan-exploring-the-landscape-e4d
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Workshop: Empowering News Entrepreneurs with Generative AI,” May 31, 2023
This episode features a workshop held by Newsroom Robots’ host Nikita Roy at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program. Focusing on the practical applications of generative AI tools, she explores how these advanced technologies can empower news entrepreneurs to streamline their workflows and shares numerous use cases for their implementation in the newsroom.
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/craig-newmark-graduate-school-of-831
Nikita Roy, Newsroom Robots: “Charlie Beckett: Fostering AI Literacy in Newsrooms and Navigating the Risks of Generative AI,” May 3, 2023 — In this episode, we explore the crucial considerations when developing an AI strategy and the potential risks of generative AI in the newsroom with Charlie Beckett, Director of the JournalismAI project at Polis – the international journalism think tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/charlie-beckett-fostering-ai-literacy-848
AI Journalism Lab at CUNY
The AI Journalism Lab is an effort to involve journalists in finding ways to navigate and harness generative AI in ethical ways that reinforce trust from communities and increase impact, even as the technology is in its infancy. In addition, we believe that journalists should have a direct understanding of AI through experimentation to be able to think strategically about its applications to their work.
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/j-plus/ai-journalism-lab/
Miscellaneous
“RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism,” Reporters Without Borders, Nov. 10, 2023. (On Nov. 10, 2023, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 16 partner organisations published the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism, on the occasion of Paris Peace Forum.)
https://rsf.org/en/rsf-and-16-partners-unveil-paris-charter-ai-and-journalism
“Guidelines for writing AI guidelines for your newsroom,” Nieman Lab, July 2023 — “Writing guidelines for the role of AI in your newsroom? Here are some, er, guidelines for that — What’s okay and what’s verboten when it comes to AI in the production of news? Here’s how 21 newsrooms in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere have laid out their own policies and plans.”
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/07/writing-guidelines-for-the-role-of-ai-in-your-newsroom-here-are-some-er-guidelines-for-that/
Table with links to guidelines from 21 newsrooms around the world (including CBC)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-jm9BB9WYZe570tn2VgDH-hrgk-_ab4EJLGCegz-RTQ/edit#heading=h.p3gxl2w4llpa
“GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS IN JOURNALISM,” Council of Europe, November 2023
Statement:https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/guidelines-on-the-responsible-implementation-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-systems-in-journalism
Guidelines: https://rm.coe.int/cdmsi-2023-014-guidelines-on-the-responsible-implementation-of-artific/1680adb4c6
“Researchers compare AI policies and guidelines at 52 news organizations around the world — Artificial intelligence is informing and assisting journalists in their work, but how are newsrooms managing its use? Research on AI guidelines and policies from 52 media organizations from around the world offers some answers,” The Journalist’s Resource, December 2023
Article: https://journalistsresource.org/home/generative-ai-policies-newsrooms
Academic study: “Policies in Parallel? A Comparative Study of Journalistic AI Policies in 52 Global News Organisations,” September 2023
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/c4af9
“The Associated Press sets AI guidelines for journalists — AP, a standards stalwart for the news industry, told its staff to avoid using ChatGPT to create publishable content,” The Verge/Associated Press, August 2023
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834586/associated-press-ai-guidelines-journalists-openai
AP guidelines, via blog by Amanda Barrett, AP vice-president of standards and inclusion:
https://blog.ap.org/standards-around-generative-ai
“Artificial Intelligence in the News: How AI Retools, Rationalizes, and Reshapes Journalism and the Public Arena,” Columbia Journalism Review, February 2024
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/artificial-intelligence-in-the-news.php
“AI and journalism: What’s Next?” Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, September 2023
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-and-journalism-whats-next
Journalism AI — “Generating Change: A global survey of what news organisations are doing with artificial intelligence,” 2023
https://www.journalismai.info/research/2023-generating-change
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), “Our approach to Artificial Intelligence” — “Under no circumstances must the use of AI compromise our credibility or our mandate to inform, enlighten and entertain. As such, we are approaching AI with a critical eye and a determination to continuously learn. It goes without saying that we will continue to rigorously apply CBC/Radio-Canada’s Journalistic Standards and Practices across our news organization.”
https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/approach-to-artificial-intelligence
“Launching the AI Elections Initiative: A new effort to strengthen US election resilience,” By Vivian Schiller & Josh Lawson, Jan. 5, 2024
The “first AI elections” in the United States will be held against the backdrop of unprecedented distrust in civic institutions, the political system, and traditional media. Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) mean that voters face a likely future of compelling deepfakes, highly targeted fraudulent messages, and compounding cybersecurity threats. While much about the 2024 elections is uncertain, we know bad actors will try to manipulate public opinion and to sway voter behavior at key moments before polls open. Our country needs concerted leadership and strategic focus at the intersection of AI, elections, and social trust.
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/launching-the-ai-elections-initiative/
“WAN-IFRA Unveils ‘AI Unlocked’ Programme to Drive Media Innovation, Creativity and Sustainability,” Feb. 2, 2024
WAN-IFRA (World Association of News Publishers) announced the launch of “AI Unlocked.” The programme and forum is tailored for all news media publishers interested in Artificial Intelligence and its impact on their organisation. Through AI Unlocked, media professionals will learn, discuss, experiment with, and define ways to use AI in their business. The initiative is open to news publishers around the globe.
https://wan-ifra.org/2024/02/wan-ifra-unveils-ai-unlocked/