Let’s get to the point: Three newsrooms on generating AI summaries for news "Summaries aren’t a replacement for journalism: they can’t exist without it." The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News on what they've learned rolling out AI-powered summaries.

Can AI summarize a story without stripping it of soul?

Newsrooms like WaPo and El País are betting yes — but I still worry about what gets lost in the race to the “tl;dr” version of reality.

Original story: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/lets...

#AI #NewsEthics #DigitalMedia #MediaFutures

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In 1985, Max Headroom glitched onto screens as TV’s first “AI host.” Today, his legacy echoes in synthetic avatars, AI influencers, and deepfakes. A cautionary tale, or a blueprint?
#AIInnovationsUnleashed #AIavatars #MaxHeadroom #MediaFutures
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I tested ChatGPT-4.5 vs. Gemini Pro 2.5 with 5 prompts — and one crushed the other I was not expecting this

ChatGPT-4.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Pro.

We’re watching the titans duel, but what are the ripple effects for truth, transparency, and the work we do in newsrooms?

www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-tested-...
#AIethics #MediaFutures #GeminiVsGPT

Today on Touchpoints: The Future of Media

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Meet the journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs).

Journalists are now training AI models for Meta and OpenAI. Are they shaping the future of news—or building their own replacements? AI in journalism should serve reporters, not sideline them. Nieman Lab takes a closer look. #AIethics #MediaFutures
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet...

Credit to @pewresearch for data that exposes this crisis. As a former journalism professor, I fear we’re not just watching the transformation of news reporting – we’re watching the dissolution of a shared factual and social reality.

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#JournalismCrisis #MediaFutures #Disinformation