How is artificial intelligence being used in journalism now? What's coming next?

By David Streever

Published October 11, 2024 at 2:32 PM EDT

A split screen image: At left, a smiling man with short dark hair and a mustache, wearing a white collared shirt under a dark sweater. At right, a smiling man with a black mustache and beard. He is wearing glasses, a blue baseball hat, a white and blue striped shirt, and blue pants. — Felix M. Simon and Jason Lucas

WXXI's David Streever guest hosts this hour.

Tow fellow Felix Simon published Artificial Intelligence in the News, a report on four years of research into the current and potential uses of AI in journalism. Our other guest, Lucas Samuel, has recently published a paper exploring the dangers of AI-driven disinformation campaigns during crises.

We talk about their views and listen to a sample of an AI-generated podcast version* of Simon's paper.

Our guests:

Felix M. Simon, research fellow in AI and news at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford
Jason Lucas, Ph.D. student in informatics at Penn State University

*Note: You can listen to the AI-generated podcast of Simon's paper by clicking the play arrow below.

Listen to an AI-generated podcast discussing Simon's report