Why Sweden's top newspaper launched a radio – interview with Aftonbladet publisher and CEO Lotta Folcker

48. Weekly AI For Newsroom Roundup. Just pure reading of what we have this week

Hello, this is Sergei. October started with several business trips across Europe and will continue with even more trips, so this week our newsletter will be short in terms of my intro. Please, read what we have to read this week (actually, a lot). And see you next Friday.

We’re making it easier to identify AI-generated content globally

We’re launching a standalone platform to help you easily identify whether online content was created using Google AI or tools from our industry partners.

Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board

Users reject site’s explanations after detailed instructions for writing response to post on popular forum were published

“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations

Hacks/Hackers and The New York Times hosted more than 100 journalists at the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum.

OpenAI Adds Visual Format, Makes ChatGPT Ads More Measurable

The visual ads format is being tested in the U.S. in October, with the company also expanding its measurement tools and partnerships as it works with brands to understand suitability.

OpenAI starts text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex for EU users

OpenAI is adding invisible text watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex in the EU, with optional watermarking for API customers worldwide.

AI roadmap for local broadcasters: 6 takeaways for strategic transformation

The local broadcast industry is undergoing a fundamental transition, shifting from a period of “playing with AI” to a rigorous era of operationalizing it. For the past year, the Local Media Association Broadcast Transformation AI Lab has sought to catalyze this shift. Supported by the Google News Initiative, the lab brought together a cohort of

arXiv Is Rate Limiting Submissions Because It Can’t Keep up With AI Slop

The academic publisher said submissions have doubled in the past two years and moderators are having a hard time keeping up.

Publishers finally have AI buyers but no say in the price

A market for AI inference is forming, but buyers set the price. Here’s what publishers need to gain leverage.

47. Weekly AI For Newsroom Roundup. 1336 examples from 910 newsrooms

Hello, this is Sergei. This week I’ve added 300+ new examples of AI implementations from around the world. Now we have 1336 carefully curated cases from 910 newsrooms in 112 countries. These examples are not any newsroom interaction with AI like ” we used ChatGPT to create social media posts ”. To get into the database

SPUR publishes AI content tracking standard, pitches OpenAI and Google to join

Publishers are pushing for AI transparency with a new SPUR standard to track how AI tools use content, and inviting frontier AI labs to help.

Publishers rethink audience engagement as referral traffic falls

Publishers are testing creator-led journalism and AI tools as referral traffic declines and audience discovery becomes less predictable.

More than 300 publishers press Congress on stealth bot bill

More than 300 publishers are lobbying Congress to require stealth bots to identify themselves and disclose why they are accessing websites.

CNN doubles its data team as it expands AI across products

CNN has doubled its data team while using AI for personalization, weather summaries, storyline analysis and subscription tools.

Five recent papers on what AI models hold back

What it takes to get past a censor’s, erm moderator’s, classifiers.

A lack of professional AI guidelines leads to feelings of “AI shame,” a new study finds

Are you a journalist who has used AI for work in some capacity but been nervous to tell anyone about it? Worried about how your bosses might see you, or that your work might be discredited? Well, academics are in the same boat. A new study, titled “Guidance over guidelines? Unpacking the

Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping

More than 300 publishing execs are heading to D.C. to push Congress to crack down on AI bots that scrape their content without permission.

OpenAI doubles support for Lenfest’s AI and local news fellowships

With an additional $10 million in program funding, the Lenfest Institute will consider new applicants in local TV news and statewide public service journalism.

AI learned how to write from humans. Now humans are trying not to sound like AI

Writers are scrubbing em dashes and second-guessing old habits to avoid being mistaken for machines

The media has the AI threat all wrong

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.