UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

Contact

  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"How I'm Trying to Use Generative AI as a Journalism Engineer — Ethically"

The Markup

In the year since I joined The Markup, I’ve been thinking about how artificial intelligence can be used in the newsroom—or really, whether generative AI in particular can be ethically used in the newsroom at all. The journalism industry’s relationship with AI is complicated. News organizations like the Associated Press have licensed their content to OpenAI, while newsrooms like the New York Times are suing OpenAI. Just last week, California lawmakers scrapped a proposal that would’ve forced Google to pay news organizations for using their journalism, in favor of a deal that includes some funding for journalism, and specifically, funding for a “National AI Accelerator.”