The Other Artificial Intelligences Warping Journalism

The conversation around the use of AI in journalism obscures the view of other kinds of artificial intelligences already at play.

Courtesy Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.

Recently, the media industry has been gripped by debates over generative AI: Should newsrooms allow machines to draft copy? Should reporters use tools like ChatGPT to summarize interviews or generate headlines? Is it ethical to train large language models on the work of human journalists without permi…