A BBC study reveals significant inaccuracies more than half of AI chatbot summaries of news stories. Research conducted by the BBC has found that four prominent artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots struggled to accurately summarise news stories, raising concerns about the reliability of these emerging technologies in news publishing. The study examined OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot,...

The forward-thinking Scandinavian publisher has announced a deal with the AI provider. The Scandinavian publisher Schibsted Media has formed a strategic partnership with OpenAI to enhance the accessibility of its journalism through OpenAI’s platforms, including ChatGPT. This collaboration aims to integrate real-time news articles from selected Schibsted brands, such as VG, Aftenposten, Aftonbladet, and Svenska...

The Super Bowl this weekend is the season’s climax for a sport that has innovation at its core. A couple of weeks ago I realised the extent of the growing reach of the NFL. Walking along the suburban streets near my home in London I looked into the windows of the ground-floor flats and saw...

The UK tabloid has announced that it is asking readers to subscribe for exclusive features. The Sun has introduced a new paid content strategy a decade after it abandoned a previous attempt at a paywall. The new Sun Club, which will require readers to pay for access to exclusive features, including columns by popular contributors...

Staff at Daily Mail and MailOnline brace for potential job losses as DMG Media prepares to merge its teams. Staff at Daily Mail and MailOnline are preparing for potential job cuts as DMG Media, the publisher’s parent company, inches closer to introducing full seven-day editorial and commercial teams. Management described the moves as a response...

Building subscriptions with other publishers and services offers a strategy to enhance subscriber engagement and diversify offerings. Last week Axios reported that The New York Times has been exploring subscription partnerships with other American publishers, as it has done with international publishers. The initial talks with The Ankler, which covers the entertainment industry, haven’t come...

The news industry faces a crisis in its business model, but also in its core activity of journalism. We overproduce content, cling to outdated formats and ignore what our audiences really want. Here’s a manifesto for change In 1973 Tom Wolfe, the American journalist turned novelist, published a collection of writing that he dubbed The...

This powerful new technology should be embraced and not feared by journalists. We have been delighted with the reception that Tomorrow’s Publisher has received on its launch. People have praised its innovation, its content and its design. A particular favourite response was that it was “a real showcase for what’s possible for publishers”. Inevitably, there...

A federal court hearing is the first step in a case that could have major implications for OpenAI and its use of copyrighted materials. A federal court hearing that began this week may significantly shape the future of ChatGPT and its parent company OpenAI, as a coalition of news organisations, spearheaded by The New York...

The Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News forecasts that AI will enhance journalism practices and not lead to job losses, outlining its transformative potential in a recent lecture. John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News, has outlined a positive future for journalism in the age of AI, predicting that it will enhance its practice and not have the...