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Pete Pachal

Pete Pachal is the founder of The Media Copilot. In addition to producing the site’s newsletter and podcast, he also teaches courses on how journalists and communications professionals can apply AI tools to their work. Pete has a long career in journalism, previously holding senior roles in global newsrooms such as CoinDesk and Mashable. He’s appeared on Fox Business, CNN, and The Today Show as a thought leader in tech and AI. Pete also puts his encyclopedic knowledge of Doctor Who to good use on the popular podcast, Pull To Open.

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Why authority is the new speed

July 14, 2026

In the age of AI answers, moving quickly still matters to newsrooms. But keeping the citation depends on your authority.

Read moreWhy authority is the new speed
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Publishers ask court to sanction OpenAI in escalating copyright fight

July 10, 2026

The Times and others say OpenAI withheld evidence in a copyright fight over ChatGPT training and output logs.

Read morePublishers ask court to sanction OpenAI in escalating copyright fight
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AI accuracy is Google’s problem—until it becomes a publisher’s

July 7, 2026

Newsrooms can't dictate what Google's AI does their work, but they can shape how it reads.

Read moreAI accuracy is Google’s problem—until it becomes a publisher’s
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Cloudflare’s new plan could change how AI pays publishers

July 3, 2026

By charging AI companies when content is actually used, Cloudflare hopes to build a more sustainable business model for the open web.

Read moreCloudflare’s new plan could change how AI pays publishers
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The news brand is the only thing AI users still click for

June 30, 2026

Trust in news keeps falling, but readers still reach for known names to check what the machine tells them.

Read moreThe news brand is the only thing AI users still click for
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The Fable 5 pullback turns AI availability into a planning problem

June 23, 2026

Anthropic's Fable 5 came and went in days. For anyone planning workflows around frontier models, access is now a moving variable.

Read moreThe Fable 5 pullback turns AI availability into a planning problem
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EU publishes voluntary code on AI content transparency

June 15, 2026

The European Commission has published a voluntary Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content.

Read moreEU publishes voluntary code on AI content transparency
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Vibe coding for journalists: Build interactive stories without writing a single line of code

June 11, 2026

What if you could turn your investigation into an interactive experience in about 20 minutes?

Read moreVibe coding for journalists: Build interactive stories without writing a single line of code
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A newspaper unionized because McClatchy put reporters’ names on AI content

June 11, 2026

McClatchy told reporters it would use their bylines on AI-generated stories whether they liked it or not. They unionized.

Read moreA newspaper unionized because McClatchy put reporters’ names on AI content
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Reuters and Time flip the script on AI bots with blocking whitelists

June 10, 2026

Two major publishers are blocking all AI bots by default and only letting approved crawlers through.

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The Media Copilot

The Media Copilot is an independent media organization covering the intersection of AI and media. Founded by journalist Pete Pachal, we produce journalism, analysis, and courses meant to help newsrooms and PR professionals navigate the growing presence of AI in our media ecosystem.

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