German publisher Axel Springer says journalists could be replaced by AI

Owner of Politico urges focus on investigative journalism and original commentary, as company prepares for job cuts at German papers Die Welt and BildJournalists are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the CEO of German media group Axel Springer has said.The announcement was made as the publisher sought to boost revenue at German newspapers Bild and Die Welt and transition to becoming a “purely digital media company”. It said job cuts lay ahead, because automation and AI were increasingly making many of the jobs that supported the production of their journalism redundant. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-03-01 01:23:51 UTC ]
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Publishers’ newest workforce diversity reports reveal mixed results in efforts to diversify newsrooms

The latest versions of annual reports on workforce demographics from Gannett, NPR and The New York Times (as well as Condé Nast, Hearst and Vox) show mixed results in companies’ efforts to diversify their newsrooms. Continue reading at Digiday

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Rights Edition Interview: Agent Urpu Strellman, Back to Publishing

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The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet

BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists and a publishing deal with Microsoft. But it was just an A.I. chop shop. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Publishers Sue Google over Pirate Sites

Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill have filed a lawsuit accusing Google of promoting unauthorized copies of their textbooks by allowing pirate sites to continue to run ads even after receiving thousands of takedown requests. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Major Publishers Sue Google Over Ads for Pirated Ebooks

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A Pioneering Queer Novelist, Reiussed by an Unlikely Publisher

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Tech news site Gizmodo sold for third time in 8 years as European publisher Keleops looks to expand

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Apple WWDC 2024: What we expect including iOS 18 updates, AI and more

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Publishers Celebrate James Baldwin Centennial with Reissues

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Media Buying Briefing: Agencies bet on PR with acquisitions and AI investments

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