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Mar 14, 2024 • 39min

Ezra Eeman: Navigating the AI Frontier at the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO

Ezra Eeman discusses NPO's AI strategy, from accessibility to synthetic voices, in this episode. Topics include AI in news workflows, mental health care services, image/video generation tools, European broadcasters' relationships with tech companies, and the future of news with AI content creation.
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Mar 2, 2024 • 29min

Craig Newmark: Philanthropy's Role in Supporting Journalism in the AI Era

Join Nikita Roy as she chats with internet pioneer Craig Newmark about his philanthropic efforts in supporting journalism, the evolution of AI language models, enhancing customer service in the news industry with AI, concerns with large language models, collaboration for trustworthy journalism in the age of AI, and exploring the potential of Craig GPT and fact-checked interviews.
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Feb 17, 2024 • 46min

How Germany’s Ippen Digital is Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Their Newsroom

Product lead for AI at Germany’s Ippen Digital, Alessandro Alviani, discusses fine-tuning large language models for newsroom tasks, modular journalism, and developing an AI tool to track misinformation. They focus on enhancing accuracy for tasks like headline writing and article summarization through fine-tuning models on Ippen Digital's journalistic content.
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Feb 9, 2024 • 28min

Alessandro Alviani (Part One): Building AI Products with an Editor-Centric Approach

Alessandro Alviani, former Editorial Director at Microsoft News Hub, discusses how AI can augment journalism. He shares his approach of involving editors in AI product development, leading to innovative tools such as automatic content evaluation. The importance of transparency, responsibility, and human oversight in AI is emphasized.
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Feb 1, 2024 • 28min

Jeff Jarvis (Part Two): Rethinking the journalism business model in the age of AI

Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy to discuss the impact of generative AI on journalism business models, including the ethical considerations of using copyrighted content and future prospects for journalism education. They also explore the innovation in large-scale models used in news, the opportunities and limitations of AI in journalism, and the importance of prompt writing and training future journalists to work with AI in the newsroom.
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Jan 23, 2024 • 34min

Jeff Jarvis (Part One): Should AI have the ‘right to read’ news like humans do?

Jeff Jarvis joins Nikita Roy to discuss whether AI companies should be allowed to use news media's copyrighted content to train their models. Jarvis is a veteran journalist and professor who recently testified to the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law on AI and the Future of Journalism. He's been the director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is the author of six books, most recently "The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and its Lessons for the Age of the Internet." He co-hosts "This Week in Google" and "AI Inside" podcasts. Sign up for the Newsroom Robots newsletter for episode summaries and insights from host, Nikita Roy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 16, 2024 • 30min

Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould (Part Two): Potential of Multimodal AI and Autonomous AI Agents in Publishing

Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould discuss the potential of multimodal AI and AI agents in publishing. They explore use cases of multi-modal AI in publishing, the importance of unique content, the role of AI in journalism, and the potential of AI in personalized morning messages.
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Jan 6, 2024 • 33min

Aliya Itzkowitz & Sam Gould (Part One): Insights from FT Strategies' AI Design Sprint Day

Aliya Itzkowitz and Sam Gould discuss their AI Design Sprint Day, helping publishers identify AI opportunities. They explore planning, use cases, building vs. buying AI tools, regional differences, and concerns about mainstream platforms for news information.
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Dec 29, 2023 • 59min

Nina Brown & Jared Schroeder: The Legal Implications of Generative AI in the Newsroom

Nina Brown & Jared Schroeder, experts in media law, discuss the legal implications of generative AI in newsrooms. They delve into copyright issues, fair use, and authorship. They highlight challenges and responsibilities in using AI, including misinformation. The podcast explores the current regulatory landscape and the impact of AI in personal life. Educators integrating generative AI in the classroom are also discussed.
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Dec 22, 2023 • 46min

Felicitas Carrique: News Product Management in the Age of AI

Felicitas Carrique, Executive Director of the News Product Alliance, discusses AI product strategy and ethical use in newsrooms. They explore evaluating AI tools, the role of AI in product management, and the benefits of joining the News Product Alliance Slack channel.

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