“It’s a feature, not a bug” – How journalists can spot and mitigate AI bias
Three years after ChatGPT’s debut, nearly half of newsrooms use AI despite ethical concerns, reflecting evolving attitudes across journalism and academia.
Nick Diakopoulos: Artificial intelligence and journalism beyond the hype
Professor Nick Diakopoulos speaks to iMEdD about how generative artificial intelligence is affecting newsrooms and journalism’s comparative advantage in content production. He comments on the competitive pressures media face in distribution and sees the opportunity for trust in journalism as still very much alive.
What we took away from this year’s European Data & Computational Journalism Conference
We attended the 5th European Conference on Data Journalism and Computational Journalism, held for the first time in Athens. Here, we gather some of the key takeaways.
Can AI tools meet journalistic standards?
The promise that the media industry might benefit from AI seems unlikely to bear out, or at least not fully.
These pioneers are working to keep their countries’ languages alive in the age of AI news
Experts from India, Belarus, Nigeria, Mali, Paraguay and the Philippines explain how they are building tools to bridge gaps between newsrooms and audiences
Editorial cartooning: From pen to AI (and back again)
Can a cartoon be "born" from an algorithm? If so, what does this mean for the future of satire and commentary? An AI researcher and four cartoonists speak to iMEdD. The latter explain why, after experimenting, they chose to leave it out of the picture —for now.
Investigating Artificial Intelligence: What lies beyond the algorithm
Artificial Intelligence has become an integral part of our daily lives — but the real cost is often borne by others. At the Dataharvest conference, journalists presented their investigations and shared tips on how to dig deeper into this technology.
From Gaza to Ukraine, AI is Transforming War
And as it escalates, we need to bring peace back onto the international agenda.