Ethical Challenges in Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Newsrooms

Ugarte, Teresa Barceló; Pérez-Tornero, José Manuel; Vila-Fumàs, Pere

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“…Por ello, se refuerzan las aproximaciones híbridas o colaborativas entre la IA y los periodistas (Wadell, 2018;Salmon, 2019;Tejedor;Vila, 2021), un enfoque integrador o complementario y no sustitutivo en el que la relación de los profesionales con las herramientas tecnológicas cobrará un protagonismo reforzado, en un contexto con mayor presencia de contenidos semi-automatizados. La supervisión de los contenidos y la revisión de errores (DalBen; Jurno, 2021), o la elaboración de textos interpretativos y opinativos no basados en datos existentes, podrán ser ámbitos específicos para unos periodistas entre quienes la necesidad del control profesional sobre los contenidos automatizados parece haberse normalizado Salmon, 2019).…”

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Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

Peña-Fernández

Ayerdi

Larrondo-Ureta

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The implementation of artificial intelligence techniques and tools in the media will systematically and continuously alter their work and that of their professionals during the coming decades. To this end, this article carries out a systematic review of the research conducted on the implementation of AI in the media over the last two decades, particularly empirical research, to identify the main social and epistemological challenges posed by its adoption. For the media, increased dependence on technological platforms and the defense of their editorial independence will be the main challenges. Journalists, in turn, are torn between the perceived threat to their jobs and the loss of their symbolic capital as intermediaries between reality and audiences, and a liberation from routine tasks that subsequently allows them to produce higher quality content. Meanwhile, audiences do not seem to perceive a great difference in the quality and credibility of automated texts, although the ease with which texts are read still favors human authorship. In short, beyond technocentric or deterministic approaches, the use of AI in a specifically human field such as journalism requires a social approach in which the appropriation of innovations by audiences and the impact it has on them is one of the keys to its development. Therefore, the study of AI in the media should focus on analyzing how it can affect individuals and journalists, how it can be used for the proper purposes of the profession and social good, and how to close the gaps that its use can cause.

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Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

Peña-Fernández

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Larrondo-Ureta

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Inteligencia artificial en el periodismo deportivo: estudio en Brasil y Portugal

Canavilhas

Giacomelli

2023

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La inteligencia artificial ha llegado al periodismo en diferentes fases del proceso de producción de noticias, desde la identificación de tendencias informativas, al tratamiento de datos o a la producción automática de textos, entre otros. Su potencial se manifiesta, sobre todo, cuando existe una gran cantidad de datos, algo que pueden ofrecer secciones como las de deportes y economía. De las dos opciones, en este trabajo se ha elegido el periodismo deportivo y, así, buscamos conocer y entender cómo los periódicos, radios, televisiones y productos nativos digitales de Brasil y Portugal se han relacionado con la inteligencia artificial (IA). Para lograr los objetivos propuestos, enviamos una encuesta a los responsables de varios medios de comunicación de ambos países con preguntas que nos ayudaron a darnos cuenta de que los editores y responsables conocen la contribución que la IA puede ofrecer a sus redacciones. Entre otros resultados obtenidos, destacamos que el uso de IA en los medios brasileños está más presente que en Portugal, pero hay una convergencia en sus usos y en las dificultades para obtener un mayor desarrollo: la falta de recursos económicos y los bajos conocimientos sobre el potencial de la IA. Entre las razones destacables para usar dicha tecnología está el objetivo de hacer más eficiente el trabajo de los periodistas y de ahorrar tiempo en la producción. Se concluye que los decisores de medios deportivos portugueses y brasileños son conscientes del potencial de la IA, pero ahora mismo las dificultades económicas y profesionales son el principal adversario para su implementación en las redacciones.

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Spanish technological development of artificial intelligence applied to journalism: companies and tools for documentation, production and distribution of information

Sánchez-García

Merayo

Calvo-Barbero

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been progressively expanding over the last decade, with its transversal application to the journalistic process and the engaging of media and technology companies in developing specific tools and services. This research offers a first catalogue of Spanish technological companies and institutions that develop AI systems applicable to journalism, with services and features grouped into three phases of the journalistic process: 1. Automated gathering and documentation of information; 2. Automated production of content; and 3. Information distribution and audience relations. The research uses a methodology of in-depth interviews with 45 innovation heads of Spanish-based companies and technological centres specialised in the development of AI (N = 25), and is supported by questionnaires to systematise four study categories: company profiles, tools, journalism-specific services and future trends. The results confirm a clear evolution of Spanish technological companies within the AI sector, with services and tools available for the whole journalistic process, mainly in the information gathering and content distribution phases related to monetisation; the automated news production phase is thereby overshadowed. The offering is diversified in terms of formats -textual, audiovisual, sound- and platforms, especially web and social media. The companies consulted testify to the profitability of its implementation and note a growing interest from the media, but warn of an uneven progress that reflects “slowness”, “distrust” and “lack of knowledge” regarding the application of AI.

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Ethical Challenges in Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Newsrooms

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

Inteligencia artificial en el periodismo deportivo: estudio en Brasil y Portugal

Spanish technological development of artificial intelligence applied to journalism: companies and tools for documentation, production and distribution of information

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