Vivica D'souza

As the spring turns to summer, the intersection of AI and journalism is marked by fresh experiments and deepening debates over the future of storytelling. Here's a look at where things stand now. What's happening in local newsrooms Some of the most promising AI applications in journalism are emerging from small and non-Western newsrooms. In India, publishers are shifting from cautious trials to full integration, according to WAN-IFRA.

From lawsuits that may define AI's limits to new partnerships sparking innovation, here's a look at the month's notable developments that are reshaping the intersection of AI and journalism. Continuing Legal Tensions The year opened with the news that The New York Times is taking OpenAI to court. According to the complaint filed by the Times, OpenAI could be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages over illegally copying and using the newspaper's archive.

As 2024 winds down, the relationship between AI and journalism is heating up with new lawsuits, licensing deals and AI usage in newsroom practice. Here's a summary of the latest developments. Lawsuits over AI's use of copyrighted content are heating up. In Canada, OpenAI faces a joint suit from five major news companies, accusing the company of unauthorized use of published news articles to train its AI models, as the New York Times reports.