Axios
Newsrooms grapple with rules for AI
Leading media organizations are issuing guidance on leveraging artificial intelligence in the newsroom at the same time they're making licensing deals to let AI firms use their content to train AI models.
Media heavyweights form new research group to support free press
A group of prominent media, tech and research executives have raised nearly $3 million to launch an independent policy research center focused on addressing global internet issues, such as disinformation, algorithmic accountability, and the economic health of the news industry. While the Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) is not designed to lobby or advocate on behalf of specific policy proposals, it does hope to influence future internet policy toward maintaining an open internet and an independent press.
Twitter shuts down $100 million promoted accounts ad business (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/15/2023 - 06:39UN chief calls for global AI agency (Axios)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 07/19/2023 - 11:31OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal (Axios)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 10:03Branded content tools coming to Threads (Axios)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 11:32MediaNews Group ends online comments for all newspapers (Axios)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 11:32How AI will turbocharge misinformation—and what we can do about it
Attention-grabbing warnings of artificial intelligence's existential threats have eclipsed what many experts and researchers say is a much more imminent risk: A near-certain rise in misinformation. The struggle to separate fact from fiction online didn't start with the rise of generative AI — but the red-hot new technology promises to make misinformation more abundant and more compelling. By some estimates, AI-generated content