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Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than their professors

April 2, 2026

A Northeastern ethics seminar put Claude in students' hands and they pushed back harder than the professor expected.

Read moreJournalism students are more skeptical of AI than their professors
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Wikipedia bans AI-generated text from its 7.1 million articles

April 2, 2026

Volunteer editors voted 44–2 to keep bot-written content off the open web's most-linked encyclopedia.

Read moreWikipedia bans AI-generated text from its 7.1 million articles
Claude AI mascot frantically plugging leaks in a dam with source code gushing out — illustrating Anthropic's Claude Code source leak

Anthropic accidentally published Claude Code’s source code this morning

March 31, 2026

A packaging error exposed Claude Code’s source.

Read moreAnthropic accidentally published Claude Code’s source code this morning
White House seen through AI circuit patterns with tilted scales of justice — illustrating the administration's AI policy framework favoring tech companies over publishers

The White House AI blueprint tells publishers where the administration stands on copyright. Spoiler: It’s not with them

March 31, 2026

The Trump administration’s AI policy framework backs AI companies on copyright and wants to override state regulation.

Read moreThe White House AI blueprint tells publishers where the administration stands on copyright. Spoiler: It’s not with them
Journalist building a tool at a newsroom desk with code and articles on screen — illustrating hands-on AI adoption in journalism

Five lessons from newsrooms that stopped talking about AI and started building with it

March 31, 2026

Poynter spent a day at SXSW with journalists actually using AI — and the through-line is ruthlessly practical: start with a pain point, draw the line, name where the human sits.

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Read moreFive lessons from newsrooms that stopped talking about AI and started building with it
Small newspaper building dwarfed by a glowing Google search page with a gavel on the ground between them — illustrating the dismissed antitrust lawsuit

Court dismisses Arkansas publishers’ antitrust suit against Google

March 30, 2026

A federal judge tossed an antitrust case against Google, not because Google is innocent, but because the claims came too late.

Read moreCourt dismisses Arkansas publishers’ antitrust suit against Google

Can you certify good AI use? This organization thinks so

March 26, 2026

As AI reshapes journalism and media, Richard Murphy of the Alliance for Audited Media explains why the industry needs actual standards.

Read moreCan you certify good AI use? This organization thinks so
Digital tollbooth on a glowing information highway with AI bots queuing to pay for publisher content access

Arc XP integrates TollBit so publishers can charge AI bots for content access

March 23, 2026

Arc XP publishers can now block or charge AI bots for content access through a native TollBit integration.

Read moreArc XP integrates TollBit so publishers can charge AI bots for content access
Colin Jeavons on The Media Copilot podcast

When AI changes discovery, who gets paid?

March 19, 2026

As AI platforms reshape how people get information, publishers need to rethink not just business models, but purpose.

Read moreWhen AI changes discovery, who gets paid?
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Breaking news is up 103% on Google as AI Overviews gut everything else

March 17, 2026

AI Overviews have cut publisher search traffic nearly in half, but breaking news is way up.

Read moreBreaking news is up 103% on Google as AI Overviews gut everything else
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