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What news audiences can teach journalists about artificial intelligence

Generative AI is changing journalism. Audiences have clear expectations for how it’s used.
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Meta is failing to stop dangerous disinformation in the world’s most spoken languages

Internal docs and fact-checkers show Meta often misses harmful posts in Swahili, Amharic, Oromo and more — putting real communities at risk
Benjamin Toff, director of the Minnesota Journalism Center and associate professor at University of Minnesota, partnered with Poynter to study how audiences feel about AI. (Courtesy: Keith Hughes)

Audiences are still skeptical about generative AI in the news

Wide-ranging research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota sheds light on how people feel about AI in journalism. It’s not pretty.
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The Mercury News put all its news on the web for free 30 years ago. Did it open Pandora’s box?

How Mercury Center went from bold experiment to parable with no conclusion
Child boy with cell phone, holds smartphone.

Kids with smartphones report better mental health than those without, study finds

In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ Dr. Justin Martin shares surprising results from a study on screen time and child wellness
The Il Foglio website shows an article and image generated entirely by artificial intelligence. (Screenshot/Il Foglio)

An Italian newspaper launched a generative AI experiment. It’s not going well

Il Foglio’s fully AI-generated newspaper insert promised bold innovation. Instead, it’s delivering misspellings and misinformation.
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