AI and Licensing: Courts, Contracts and the Tension over Content - National Press Foundation NPF's panel of experts discuss the state of AI lawsuits and licensing deals that media face in a rapidly evolving landscape.

🤖📰 A Turning Point

From major licensing deals to high-stakes copyright lawsuits, the future of journalism and AI is being shaped right now.

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A timely conversation on working with AI – without losing the values that shape responsible journalism.
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AI in journalism and democracy: can we rely on it? GenAI tools are reshaping the information environment in ways most audiences never see. From the data that trains them to the labour that maintains them, their inner workings raise urgent questions for journalism and democratic accountability.

Generative AI is already changing journalism. From biased data to unverifiable outputs, the risks are real. Without transparency and oversight, truth itself is under threat. #AIandJournalism #MediaEthics #Democracy #PearlsandIrritations

Margaret Talev’s keynote at #MediaFest25 hit home:

“The point of journalism isn’t to make people agree with you — it’s to help them learn.”

She urged young reporters to stay courageous amid polarization, tech disruption, and censorship pressures.

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Loved hearing Vix Reitano at #MediaFest25 walk us through how tools like Google Pinpoint and Trends can help reporters uncover stories hidden in massive data sets.

“AI can’t replace journalists — but it can make us better at finding truth.”

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Our team leader had the opportunity to attend an important meeting on the Safety of Journalists in the AI Age. The discussion focused on the evolving risks and opportunities that AI presents to journalists, especially as AI tools become more embedded in newsrooms. #AIandJournalism #PressFreedom

To beat the AI squeeze, Newsweek is building revenue beyond traffic AI hasn’t dented Newsweek traffic. But it’s aiming to cut its reliance on digital ads from 63% to 55% of revenue next year.

AI is disrupting traffic economics—and Newsweek is doing something smart: not panicking, but pivoting.

Instead of praying for clicks, they’re betting on loyalty, licensing, and real-world value.

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Journalism and AI: A cautionary tale - Law360 Canada Generative AI, or genAI — arguably one of the fastest-growing technologies at the moment — is everywhere: in the workplace and in one’s private life. And one need not look too far to find it. Run a qu...

A big thank you to Sara Farr for covering our #ICA25 panels in Law360.

The article digs into our conversations on AI, journalism, copyright, and the bigger questions around authorship and human agency.

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Senators are pushing for AI chatbots to pay news outlets when using their content. Is this fair? 🤔 #AIandJournalism #TechRegulation rollcall.com/2024/02/13/ai-chatbots-s...

“We’re the providers of information…but Google now wants to be the distributor” A new 84-page report from Peter D. Brown and Klaudia Jaźwińska, researchers at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, sketches out the state of play between big tech platforms a...

We report. We write. But in 2025, Google’s AI writes over us.

The Nieman Lab piece on AI Overviews and news distribution should alarm anyone who cares about journalism’s role in democracy.

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What the Public Wants from Journalism in the Age of AI: A Four Country Survey Three-quarters or more value journalism’s role; 56%+ say “everyday people” can produce it

📢 How do people stay informed in the digital news landscape? Our recent survey finds that while news orgs remain vital, many also turn to individuals for information. Get the full insights here: innovating.news/2024-public-... / #AIandJournalism

There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan) At a time of increasing polarization and rigid ideologies, the L.A. Times has decided it wants to make its opinion pieces less persuasive to readers by increasing the cost of changing your mind.

AI shouldn’t replace nuance with nonsense. The L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings prove that algorithms still fail to grasp complexity in journalism. Slapping labels on ideas? That’s not how opinion writing works. #AIandJournalism #PressFreedom #MediaEthics
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TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Artificial intelligence, or Al, refers to the ability of a computer to use human-like intelligence - for example, to write informative text and translate it into different languages, to deduce and to learn. Even though a machine will never replace a journalist, artificial intelligence and the media will collaborate more closely. Text generated by Al-based services is one source of information among many, and must be viewed critically by journalists. Artificial intelligence also makes factual errors. All in all, the technology makes for a good aid but cannot take the wheel. The content to be published must always be under the control of the journalist, and it is good to communicate openly about the content produced by AI. #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MediaInnovation #Journalism #AIinMedia #DigitalTransformation #TechTrends #FutureOfJournalism #AIandJournalism #EthicalAI #MediaTechnology #AIWriting #CriticalThinking #HumanAndMachineCollaboration

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Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings Chalkbeat and Midcoast Villager have already published stories with sources and leads pulled from AI transcriptions.

AI is now helping local reporters track public meetings—but does this signal a new era of accountability or just a newsroom survival strategy?
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With launch of AI Mode Google threatens to bleed news media dry Google AI Mode could be the start of changes to search which end up bleeding news publishers dry, warns David Buttle

Google’s AI Mode could fundamentally change how people engage with news. But if AI hoovers up content without sending traffic back to publishers, it’s siphoning off the industry’s lifeblood.
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