Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5, pitching frontier work at half the price
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5, claiming top scores on coding and knowledge-work benchmarks while keeping the same price as its predecessor.
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Reuters editor-in-chief says AI should push young reporters back into the field
Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni says AI can take over entry-level newsroom tasks so young reporters focus on reporting.
AP doubles down on human oversight in updated AI newsroom rules
The Associated Press expanded which AI tools its journalists can use while requiring human review and disclosure when AI shapes published work.
Substack adds AI detection to its posts through a new Pangram partnership
Substack readers can now scan posts longer than 100 words for signs of AI writing, using detection technology from Pangram.
YouTube tightens monetization rules around AI slop
YouTube now bars monetization for three types of inauthentic content, including generic AI videos, distressing clips and AI personas discussing health or finance.
Nine network axes 30 more jobs at SMH and The Age, citing AI disruption
Nine Entertainment will cut around 30 newsroom positions at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, citing severe AI-driven disruption.
OpenAI invests another $8 million in the American Journalism Project
OpenAI is committing $5 million and $3 million in tech credits to the American Journalism Project over the next two years.
News Corp countersues Brave over alleged AI scraping of WSJ and Post articles
News Corp accused search company Brave of flagrant theft in reselling copyrighted articles to AI firms, escalating a dispute Brave started in 2025.
Most newsroom leaders say staff skepticism is holding back AI, survey finds
A survey of 448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries found skills gaps and staff skepticism are the biggest barriers to AI use.
Publishers Turn to AI ‘Honeypots’ to Fight Content Scraping
As AI companies continue collecting web data for training, publishers are testing digital traps designed to waste crawlers’ time and make large-scale scraping more expensive.
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