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September 30, 2024 - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
September 12, 2024 - Rapidly advancing generative artificial intelligence technology and journalism have converged during the biggest election year in history. As more newsrooms experiment with AI, the need for ethical guidelines and audience feedback have surfaced as key challenges.
September 10, 2024 - On Monday, Sept. 9, the Empire State Local News Coalition and Columbia Journalism School hosted “AI and Local News: Challenges and Opportunities for Journalism in New York,” a panel convening experts in journalism, technology and government to explore how AI is reshaping local news and the opportunities it presents for cross-sector collaboration.
July 25, 2024 - OpenAI is launching a test version of its long-awaited search engine, which it says will cite sources of information including news from business partners such as The Wall Street Journal parent News Corp and the Atlantic magazine.
February 8, 2024 - Google is joining Microsoft, Meta and Adobe in supporting a standard for labeling media that can describe who created an image or video, when and how it was created, and the credibility of its source, the company announced Feb. 8.
September 6, 2024 - In a column to readers, The Dallas Morning News explained its use of AI saying: "Our newsroom is dedicated to examining applications of AI technology in our work while maintaining the integrity of how we approach and produce journalism."
July 30, 2024 - Microsoft has released a white paper titled "Protecting the Public from Abusive AI-Generated Content" that encourages the government to pass a comprehensive deepfake fraud statute to protect against abusive AI-generated content.
July 26, 2024 - With the November presidential election only around three months away, it's unclear whether they would go into effect before Election Day. After the commission’s 3-2 vote on Thursday, the proposal now advances to a 30-day public comment period. After that, there's another 15-day reply period before the rule can be finalized.
May 14, 2024 - In recent contract negotiations with parent company Gannett, a local newsroom union is fighting over the extent to which generative AI will be used for news content generation.
May 13, 2024 - AP has updated its guidance on the use of generative AI in the news report to allow for some experimentation around the use of the technology in specific use cases.
April 26, 2024 - AI is impacting the local news environment at a rapid speed. During a talk at the 2024 Mega-Conference, Jeremy Gilbert, professor and Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at Medill, Northwestern University, highlighted the potential for AI to transform the news industry, enhance performance and maintain trust.
March 28, 2024 - Overall, 54% of Americans say artificial intelligence programs that generate text and images, like ChatGPT and DALL-E, need to credit the sources they rely on to produce their responses. A much smaller share (14%) says the programs don’t need to credit sources, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. About a third say they’re not sure on this question.
