Creative Commons warns pay-to-crawl could become the new DRM
The nonprofit offers seven principles to prevent 'pay-to-crawl' from becoming a new form of DRM.
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year takes direct aim at AI-generated content
'Slop' captures the flood of low-quality AI output now clogging the internet.
A 7-person newsroom used a free Google tool to win a Murrow Award and stop a $114 million fraud
Blue Ridge Public Radio used Google’s Pinpoint to transform a local motel mystery into an award-winning, fraud-exposing investigation.
Fewer hallucinations, more secure data: Why small newsrooms might consider Nota
The platform automates headlines, SEO and social formatting from already-verified copy, and starts at $99/month for qualifying nonprofits.
Disney finds Google’s lack of licensing disturbing, forces takedown of AI videos
Mouse House's cease and desist hit YouTube days before Disney licensed character licensing deal with OpenAI
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Washington Post AI podcasts failed quality tests
The company launched an AI podcast experience despite up to 84% of AI-generated scripts not meeting editorial standards.
Can you trust Nota with your newsroom content?
Journalism-specific AI promises editorial accuracy without the privacy risks of general-purpose tools, but implementation requires understanding data handling, security controls and realistic limitations.
Why mid-sized newsrooms choose Chartbeat for real-time analytics
An affordable content analytics platform helps regional newspapers understand their audiences, test headlines, and make data-driven decisions without enterprise-level budgets.
Disney bets $1 billion on OpenAI’s Sora
Disney becomes Sora’s first big licensing partner, turning its IP into AI fuel while still fighting over how AI trains.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 following internal ‘code red’ scramble
The update claims to outperform human professionals on 70% of knowledge work tasks while completing them 11 times faster.