Newsroom Robots

Ole Reissmann, Director of AI at Der Spiegel, discusses the groundbreaking integration of AI in journalism at Germany's leading news organization. He shares how AI is automating tasks like fact-checking and enhancing SEO efforts. Ole highlights innovative audience-facing products, like audio updates and a browser plugin, that personalize news experiences. He also emphasizes the importance of collaboration among German news organizations in driving AI initiatives and maintaining journalistic integrity amidst technological advancements.

Jaemark Tordecilla, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, discusses the potential of custom GPTs for newsrooms. He shares experiences creating COA Beta Assistant for summarizing audit reports. Topics include streamlining journalism processes, integrating knowledge bases, democratizing AI access, and navigating model limitations.

Adrian Gill, former creative director and CEO, discusses the impact of AI in design, focusing on enhancing workflows, ethical considerations, and remaining competitive in an AI-driven landscape. The podcast explores AI's role in graphics, visual storytelling, and revolutionizing sneaker design.

Mattia Peretti, former manager of Journalism AI at the London School of Economics and current Knight Fellow at the International Center for Journalists, joins host Nikita Roy to share insights on balancing AI innovation with journalistic integrity.The episode explores an AI literacy initiative at Internews, which created a platform for knowledge exchange and significantly improved the organization's understanding and application of AI technologies. The discussion also delves into the development of generative AI guidelines for newsrooms, using the example of The Guardian. The focus is on creating adaptable, value-driven principles rather than strict prescriptions. This approach allows for flexibility in the face of rapid technological changes while ensuring that the organization's foundational values remain intact. The Guardian's experience serves as a valuable case study for other newsrooms looking to navigate the integration of AI technologies. 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.

Florent Daudens, an expert in AI and technology trends, discusses leading AI literacy initiatives at Radio-Canada. Topics include empowering journalists through AI training, advocating for AI literacy in news reporting, exploring AI applications in newsrooms, revolutionizing news with AI, and AI integration in French language understanding and teaching journalism.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.