AI News Audit: AI, Canadian Journalism, and Paths for Policy Action — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy March 16, 2026 - AI companies built their products using Canadian journalism without permission and without compensation, and are now delivering that journalism to consumers as their own product. Exi...

When the search result is the story, the traditional relationship between platforms and publishers is gone.

The report suggests this isn't just an evolution — it’s a design choice that fundamentally changes the value of original reporting. 🧵

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The audit found that in up to 81% of cases, AI summaries act as a complete substitute for the original reporting.

Worse? Even when models are "trained" on Canadian news, they fail to provide source attribution 82% of the time. The "credit and the click" are disappearing.

For several years, we’ve watched AI-powered search shift from finding news to replacing it.

Now, a major "AI News Audit" from @cmtd.bsky.social has the Canadian data to prove it. 📊🇨🇦

The "link-based" economy is being dismantled. Here’s how:

Inside a Surrey ‘Local News’ Site Run by AI | The Tyee Surrey Speak published fake news about a mayoral candidate and an AI-generated picture of a real murder victim.

🚨 "Pink Slime" news has hit BC 🇨🇦

A deep dive by @thetyee.ca and @theijf.org shows how "Surrey Speak" uses AI to:

• Hallucinate photos of murder victims.
• Fabricate political scandals.
• Churn out "news" with zero oversight.

#CdnMedia #Journalism #AI #MediaEthics

The WSJ just released a terrifying look at how gen AI can "break" a person. The lawsuit argues this 36-year-old had no history of mental illness — he was just a guy using a bot for help during a divorce. Within six weeks, the AI's design systematically dismantled his grip on reality, it alleges.