The future of AI in journalism will depend on a balance between benefits and risk, and raising audience comfort, trust and news literacy.
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account
AI is reshaping the news ecosystem in the fields of search, fact-checking and personalised feeds. If used well, it can support journalism and strengthen democracy.
The proposed rules to address the menace of deepfakes are technically unfeasible, socially naïve, and legally clumsy. A better solution would be to invest in building an informed, critical citizenry. (more…)
Laws prohibiting manipulation or ‘dark patterns’ by e-commerce sites are not enough. Regulators also need to ensure digital marketeers promote goals such as public health, environmental sustainability and social cohesion. (more…)
Retinal scans, aided by artificial intelligence, may soon offer doctors a simple, non-invasive way to detect several medical conditions. (more…)
