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AI in Journalism

Latest viewpoints

AI can transform internal newsroom production workflows

Smith says he has become highly optimistic about AI for internal tools and synthesis tasks, citing its ability to analyze hundreds of simultaneous event interviews that no single person could have attended.

Ben Smith AI in Journalism Source at 62:55

AI threatens production more than core reporting

Smith distinguishes the central journalistic tasks of obtaining new information and communicating it to people from the production work between them, which he believes is much more exposed to AI automation.

Ben Smith AI in Journalism Source at 64:20

AI editing crosses the line when it deceives

Smith says synthetic voice editing can be acceptable for routine corrections, but the ethical boundary is crossed when an edit deceives a guest or manufactures an interaction that never occurred.

Ben Smith AI in Journalism Source at 64:44

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