Newsroom Robots

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.

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.

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.

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.