Otter AI Review: The All-Around Transcription Tool That Still Hits the Sweet Spot
The original AI transcription app delivers strong accuracy, useful features and a fair price — making it the best pick for most journalists.
Descript Review: Powerful for Audio & Video Creators, Overkill for Basic Transcription
Descript can remove filler words from your actual audio and generate video avatars — but if all you need is a transcript, you're paying for tools you won't use.
Google Pinpoint Review: Free Transcription That’s Good Enough for Most Journalists
Google's free research tool won't win any accuracy awards, but for budget-conscious reporters it's hard to argue with the price.
New Research: Newsroom AI policies strong on principles, weak on practice
A synthesis of 30 research papers finds most newsroom AI guidelines prioritize values over operational specifics — and almost none address procurement.
UK media giants launch coalition to demand AI licensing standards
Five of Britain's largest news organizations just issued a warning: Your journalism is being used to train AI systems without your permission.
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A columnist asked Gemini to write his column. The result was good, and that’s the problem
Neil Steinberg’s annual AI column experiment found Gemini 3.0 nailing his voice while casually inventing a scene that never happened.
Why multi-market newsrooms choose Dataminr for breaking news detection
An AI system that watches thousands of public feeds at once has become a key tool for editors trying to stay ahead of emergencies.
She’s building an AI that replaces your news feed, your analyst, and maybe your morning routine
An inside look at Gnomi, the startup trying to turn chaos into clarity and headlines into real time intelligence
Microsoft report: current media authentication tools aren’t ready for the AI content flood
A new Microsoft study finds content credentialing standards exist but adoption is fragmented — and warns of “sociotechnical provenance attacks” designed to exploit user perception.
Inside Patch’s AI-era listening post: how Dataminr rewired its breaking news workflow
A distributed local news network swapped one reporter’s single police scanner for an AI system that spots breaking news across the country in real time.