How Journalists Can Make AI Work for Them

A framework for newsrooms to use AI in ways that don’t sacrifice quality or lessen oversight.

Ask a working journalist about AI, and you’re likely to hear a string of expletives, an indictment of tech companies, and—especially if the person is over fifty—a searing lament for times past.

The use of AI in journalism has recently created controversy everywhere from the Cleveland Plain Dealer to the Associated Press, as many reporters have passionately disagreed with managers who have insisted on its value in reporting and drafting stories. According to an exclusive by Max Tani of Semafor, a Slack conversation hosted by the AP turned ugly when Aimee Rinehart, a senior product manager for AI, cited the virtues of AI use and wrote that “resistance is futile.”