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The Wikimedia Foundation outlined its new AI strategy on Wednesday, stressing that it’s decided to use AI as a tool to support editors, not replace them. “Our investments will be focused on specific areas where generative AI excels, all in the service of creating unique opportunities that will boost Wikipedia’s volunteers,” Chris Albon, the Wikimedia Foundation’s director of machine learning, and Leila Zia, the foundation’s head of research, wrote in a blog post outlining the changes. (Also announced Wednesday, by the way: The Wikimedia Foundation is one of five finalists for a $100 million MacArthur grant.) Full Article: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/wikipedia-announces-new-ai-strategy-to-support-human-editors/

What threatens journalism is not just disinformation or hostile governments. It is who can – and who cannot – afford to enter the profession, writes news industry veteran François Nel Article Link: https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/the-freedom-gap-what-pay-and-class-reveal-about-the-future-of-journalism/s2/a1242823/

Chitranshu Tewari “AI-driven accessibility isn’t only better product design but also good business.” AI is everywhere. Amidst all the doom and hype, newsrooms are discovering a wide range of use cases for AI in journalism and its workflows. However, as with any emerging technology, this often leads to the mindless application of tools. For instance, in India, TV news channels are now filled with AI anchors. In a market notorious for misinformation, bigotry, and government propaganda, introducing an AI anchor does little to address the trust deficit among viewers. This is what I call “using AI for AI’s sake”— employing…

Mitali is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). She is gold medalist of Radio of Television Journalism Post Graduate Diploma Course of IIMC Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee has been appointed Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Mukherjee, who has been Acting Director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down last October, was selected in an open process that concluded in late March. Her appointment was announced by Alan Rusbridger, Chair of the Institute’s Steering Committee, and Professor David Doyle, Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, where the…

Charles Martin The British Broadcasting Corporation has complained to a UK antitrust authority that Apple and Google’s news services, such as Apple News, diminish its branding by downplaying where it gets its new stories. The new accusations come in the midst of an ongoing investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the two tech giants’ dominance in web browser engines and smartphone operating systems. The new complaint from the BBC suggests that aggregate news services minimize credit for the providers of the news those programs feature.Because the BBC gets its budget from a unique “licence fee”…

By Sherry Ricchiardi, Digital and Physical Safety In a column about how to interview vulnerable sources without exploiting them, media ethicist Kelly McBride issued a reminder: “Reporters have an extra ethical obligation when working with people who don’t routinely give interviews.” These words ring especially true in countries where those who speak publicly about certain issues risk being attacked for their views. In South Asia, religion is one topic likely to unleash a firestorm of backlash. Journalists on the religion beat face difficult choices. Giving voice to those with less of a platform breathes life into their reports. Without these…

By Hanan Zaffar, Digital and Physical Safety Over the past decade, India’s media landscape has undergone a significant transformation: increasingly, freelancers are at the forefront of critical independent reporting while mainstream media aligns itself with state narratives. “In the late 1990s and early 2000s, we saw an explosion of media outlets,” said Mohammad Reyaz, media expert, former journalist and assistant professor of communications at Aliah University. “There was diversity [and] a plurality of voices. But the space for independent journalism began to shrink. Now, freelancers are the ones stepping in to fill the void, often at great personal risk.”’ As…

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Arriving more than a year after it was first announced, Alexa is finally catching up to Google’s Gemini. By Wes Davis Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa — Alexa Plus — that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly. Some of the new abilities coming to Alexa Plus include the ability to do things for you — you’ll be able to ask it to order groceries for you or send event invites to…

By Todd Spangler (YouTube Podcasts 1 Billion Users. Courtesy of YouTube) Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. But now YouTube — the world’s biggest video platform — might be the biggest platform for podcasts. According to the Google-owned video giant, YouTube now has more than 1 billion monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide. In 2024, users watched more than 400 million hours of podcasts monthly on living-room devices, the company said. “This milestone underscores how YouTube has come to play an essential role in podcasting for creators and audiences, and how our investments to improve the podcast experience on YouTube…