When Journalism Meets Ai Risk Or Opportunity

Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer The surge of AI produced articles has ignited a series of concerns about the accuracy of news amid the dwindling number of working journalists who serve as a counterforce against the dissemination of inaccurate... Certainly AI does pose ethical and others challenges, but it also offers reporters greater opportunities to do more high-impact, consequential stories, according to Sotiris Sideris, data editor at the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism... 14. Data- and generative AI-driven tools allow reporters to analyze in a timelier fashion vast troves of government and business data and identify important patterns that point the way to improvements or uncover questionable, or... “The question today isn’t whether we are using AI in journalism, because we do it already,” but whether “we can do journalism without outsourcing our skepticism, our ethics, and our sense of accountability, both...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming sectors from healthcare to education, with its impact on journalism being particularly profound. As the media landscape evolves, AI presents both powerful tools and significant threats to press freedom, integrity, and public trust. On this World Press Freedom Day, we explore how AI is reshaping journalism, examining both the risks it poses and the opportunities it creates. Journalists today face a growing tide of disinformation and misinformation. As public trust in traditional news media declines, audiences increasingly turn to social media platforms where professional journalism must compete with unverified and often misleading content. AI tools are being used maliciously to generate convincing but false content, including articles, images, audio clips, and deepfake videos.

This makes it harder for the public to distinguish fact from fiction. The rapid spread of such content overwhelms newsrooms, which lack the capacity to verify every claim. This challenge, in turn, fuels further distrust in the media. A striking example occurred in early 2024, when a journalist from France 24 was targeted with a deepfake that manipulated both his voice and article headline. The altered content distorted his reporting on President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ukraine, spreading disinformation and undermining his credibility. Such tactics illustrate how even seasoned professionals can fall victim to AI-driven deception.

Generative AI tools are reshaping the information environment in ways most audiences never see. From the data that trains them to the labour that maintains them, their inner workings raise urgent questions for journalism and democratic accountability. Our world is in the midst of a disruption triggered by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Companies selling AI tools have become the most valuable corporations in modern times, worth trillions of dollars – more than the GDPs of most countries. They are becoming a pervasive influence on social, commercial, and political life, and shaking up industries. The media industry is among those facing new kinds of challenges due to the rise of AI.

The practice and delivery of journalism, which is a vital component for functioning and healthy democracies, is changing in ways that are not obvious to its consumers. To understand the impact of AI on our information environment and its political consequences requires a basic understanding of what Generative AI is and how it works. We need to “lift the bonnet” on what will increasingly power the information we receive and consume. READ I IT Rules 2025 test balance between safety and rights The Israeli army continues to maintain five fortified positions in south Lebanon one year after a ceasefire with Hezbollah, according to satellite images analysed by AFP. The November 27, 2024 truce required Israel to fully withdraw troops from Lebanon within 60 days and Hezbollah to pull forces north of the Litani River.

Lebanon’s Audit Bureau on Tuesday issued a judicial decision holding several former ministers accountable for financial irregularities related to the leasing and management of the Qassabian building, a government-owned property in Beirut. The decision, communicated to the Secretariat General of Parliament, names former ministers Nicolas Sehnaoui, Boutros Harb, Jamal Jarrah, Mohammad Shukeir, Talal Hawat, and Johnny Qorm. Since August, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have been under instructions from their government to present—by year’s end—a plan to bring all weapons in the country under state control. The directive is mainly targeted at Hezbollah, the Shia-led militia that had in recent years grown more powerful than the national army. Yet for decades, Lebanon’s myriad sectarian groups have flaunted state sovereignty by operating militias of their own. As such, the government’s latest move, which was taken under the auspices of the United States, exposes the yawning gap between ambition and capacity.

After it was announced, four Shiite ministers walked out of the cabinet session and Hezbollah denounced the measure as a “grave sin.” Not surprisingly, the roadmap that was submitted in early September lacked any... After Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara’s successful recent visit to Washington, many Lebanese wondered what it meant for their country. They may have recalled what the US envoy Tom Barrack said last July, speaking of the Lebanese: “I honestly think that they are going to say ‘the world will pass us by’. Why? You have Israel on one side, you have Iran on the other, and now you have Syria manifesting itself so quickly that if Lebanon doesn’t move, it’s going to be Bilad Al Sham again.” PSV Eindhoven felt they should have taken more from Tuesday's Champions League away clash against Juventus where they conceded a late goal to go down 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League...

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