US EditionHave journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI?
- Canadian journalists have increasingly used AI tools for tasks like transcribing, translating, and writing reports between July 2022 and July 2023.
- This adoption coincided with limited discussion and absent consensus on the ethical use and transparency of AI within newsrooms.
- A study involving discussions with journalists from multiple Canadian news organizations uncovered differing levels of AI understanding and ongoing challenges in developing guidelines that maintain audience trust.
- An editor emphasized that a key principle when employing this technology is ensuring that editorial staff retain control and can intervene to change the machine's output whenever necessary.
- The findings suggest journalism faces a growing trust problem that requires urgent, transparent ethical conversations about AI to improve audience confidence.
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Have journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in journalistic work for everything from transcribing interviews and translating articles to writing and publishing local weather, economic reports and water quality stories.
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