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Spotify's move to label AI artists 'tackles a PR risk rather than impact of slop'

#117 | PLUS: News orgs complain over AI summaries | Literary prize is postponed pending AI review |✨AND: The font that defeats AI

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Here's some context from the news industry side - the quality of "voice" has seen vast improvements - and more expected on the way - so some are predicting that more people will start trying to access information by talking out loud to AI.

Exclusive | Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers to Improve AI-Powered Siri

The content deals could provide the tech company’s voice assistant with current news and information.

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New from 404 Media: ICE to spend millions to buy data from LexisNexis to then feed into a Palantir system. ICE has long bought data from LexisNexis, which feds use to map out a person's addresses, location, assets, etc. But now explicitly want to use with Palantir www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-l...

ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir

LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.

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NEW: 800+ USA Today Co. employees are calling on the company to end its partnership with Palantir. "Our commitment to upholding First Amendment principles to serve the democratic process is in direct contrast with a company like Palantir," unionized staffers say. www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/an-i...

“An inherent conflict of interest”: 800 USA Today Co. employees want the company to end its new Palantir partnership

More than 800 USA Today Co. employees are calling on the company to dissolve its recently announced partnership with Palantir, according to a joint statement from 31 unionized newsrooms published Mond...

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Latest rumours about the nature of the device Jony Ive is designing for OpenAI: a $300+ donut shaped metal smart speaker - due out in 2027 techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/o...

OpenAI's new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400 | TechCrunch

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

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USA Today Co. owns more than 200 local newspapers in the United States, along with its national daily USA Today. The partnership with Palantir comes amid a decline in search traffic — a challenge faced by publications around the world. www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/amer...

America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data

USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. In its Q2 earnings call Thursday morning, USA Today Co. chairman...

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AI wishing: "the belief by company leaders that A.I. is magic, that you can wave its wand toward a hard problem and skip the work of solving it." AI washing: "when a company — under pressure to immediately show results — claims to be doing more with A.I. than it actually is." GIFT LINK!!

Opinion | I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess. (Gift Article)

The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don’t want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human effort.

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This year, five Pulitzer winners and three finalists disclosed AI use to the judges. That's the most since the disclosure requirement was added in 2024. I asked several of the reporters behind these stories how they brought LLMs and other AI tools into their work. www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/a-re...

A record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year

Five winners and three finalists detailed their AI adoption to the judging committee.

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I have an embarrassing tab problem. So a problem shared is a problem halved. These are some of my tabs I don't want to close because the articles look like they will have something useful in them.

There is a particular journalistic challenge which has piqued my interest recently: The necessity and difficulty in monitoring Donald Trump's Truth Social posts. It's necessary because some are highly consequential. It's difficult for many reasons, one being that he posts a lot.

Interested in learning more about the use of AI in journalism? 🤖📰 #JournalismAI Discovery has evolved! Our introductory course on AI and its applications in newsrooms is now a self-learning platform, available in English and Spanish. 1/3

So I am sharing this because there are BORING but useful workflow implications for journalists

People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It's Gross

People in tech circles are carefully recording every single conversation they're having — not just at work but in their private lives as well.

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Hari Srinivasan, chief product officer at LinkedIn, has announed the "seems like AI slop" button. I don't have it yet myself :(

AI slop is a top priority for all of us. We really care about this. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise. Here are a few more… | H...

AI slop is a top priority for all of us. We really care about this. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise. Here are a few more chan...

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New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.

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We need to find a solution to the problem created by GenAI of the audience unwittingly investing their attention in something the creator put no human thought into. generative-ai-newsroom.com/ai-in-the-ne...

AI in the newsroom: Voice, scoops and AI detection

A quick catch-up regarding recent innovations using generative AI in the newsroom.

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It’s getting easier to analyse large amounts of data so we could find out more about what’s really going on

AI in the newsroom: Voice, scoops and AI detection

A quick catch-up regarding recent innovations using generative AI in the newsroom.

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GenAI voice is getting better and so could change how people access information

AI in the newsroom: Voice, scoops and AI detection

A quick catch-up regarding recent innovations using generative AI in the newsroom.

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"The 2026 midterms may be the first American elections in which voters are using A.I. in meaningful numbers. "Voters are turning to new A.I. tools to serve as nonpartisan researchers, viewing them as a viable alternative to traditional news coverage, voter guides or social media."

‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots (Gift Article)

It takes effort to be an informed citizen. Artificial intelligence tools offer an alluring shortcut — but they’re not without risk.

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Bylines are important to journalists. We don’t like our names being used for stuff we didn’t write. This was true before AI. And looks true now. Sharing my first gift link to a NY Times article: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in Dispute Over A.I. Content (Gift Article)

Journalists at newspapers like The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee are refusing to let the chain use their names on summarized articles generated by a new A.I. tool.

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This made me think of the local newspapers who have archives that they haven’t got round to digitising

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4w ago

“The world's best AI training data is sitting on a shelf. Books represent curated, peer-reviewed, domain-specific human knowledge, structured in a way no web crawl can replicate. Dense, edited, authoritative." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

Bauer Media has told Press Gazette Take a Break's Fiction Feast has been "running a trial" exploring how AI can "support" its content creation, and said that AI has been used to write first drafts of some stories pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...

Take a Break fiction magazine pauses commissions and starts using AI

Take a Break Fiction Feast, owned by Bauer Media, has paused commissions and is introducing the use of AI tools in stories.

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In a response to the European Commission's consultation on the EU's copyright environment, the European Broadcasting Union is calling for targeted improvements in generative AI policy and more transparency

This is part of an ongoing debate: Will we be able to make AI that generates accurate information? Some say inaccuracy is a feature of how generative AI is built, given it is outputting the statistically most likely content based on its training data. Others say hallucinations are just a phase.

Clare Spencer@clarespencer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

France is launching MediaGen, a project to develop generative AI tools which provide more accurate and trustworthy outcomes www.afp.com/en/agency/in...

In the ongoing storyline over if Ai companies are going to pay for the content they use, Open AI has struck a deal with Getty images qz.com/getty-images...

Getty Images stock soars after OpenAI ChatGPT photo deal

The multi-year agreement will bring Getty's licensed content libraries into OpenAI's search and discovery features within ChatGPT

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France is launching MediaGen, a project to develop generative AI tools which provide more accurate and trustworthy outcomes www.afp.com/en/agency/in...

The Australian government has delayed its News Bargaining Incentive bill which will force platforms to strike deals with news publishers or pay a levy mumbrella.com.au/government-d... Previous Press Gazette coverage of the plans here: pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/au...

Australia to tax Meta if it doesn't pay news publishers

Australia proposes levy on Google and Meta to pay for news designed to incentivise them to do commercial deals with publishers.

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I love this graph from the latest Reuters News Report. It shows the very different jobs Search and AI search for information and social media do for news consumers. Social media is *the better news app*, giving you the information you're interested in and maybe go deeper.

🚨 Our Digital News Report 2026 is out! Authored by Jim Egan, Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Nic Newman, Rasmus Nielsen, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, it is based on 100K interviews in 48 markets Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news... 7 findings in thread

@amyrossarguedas.bsky.social from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social says more people are using AI chatbots to get their news reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...

Emerging uses of AI chatbots for news and what it means for journalism

The rapid rise of generative AI has become a growing focus for journalism, as publishers and platforms grapple with what it means for how people access and engage with news. Much of the attention has ...

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A German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements in AI Overviews. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

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