Runtime Wire runs an AI newsroom with one human and 1,627 published stories
Runtime Wire's founder Ryan Merket runs an AI newsroom that scanned 71,796 stories and published just 2.3 percent of them.
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Eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year, a new record
Five winners and three finalists told the Pulitzer judging committee they used AI in their reporting, the most since disclosure became mandatory in 2024.
EU makes AI labels mandatory on authentic-looking images, audio and text
Starting August 2, companies must mark synthetic content designed to look real with visible AI labels and digital watermarks or face fines.
Qwoted bans AI-generated expert profiles as PR spam floods reporters’ inboxes
Qwoted says it is removing fake and AI-written PR accounts as fabricated experts reach major news outlets.
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.
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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.
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.
Meta now drives most AI agent traffic while sending publishers few visitors
DataDome logged 17.7 billion AI agent requests in Q2 2026, with Meta's crawlers generating most of the volume and almost no referral traffic back to sites.
Newman warns AI’s ‘liquid content’ remixing poses serious challenge to news media
Reuters Institute researcher Nic Newman says chatbots like Claude can repackage information into any format audiences want, threatening core publisher services.
Bauer’s Take a Break drops freelance writers as AI drafts fiction stories
Bauer Media has told freelance writers for Take a Break's Fiction Feast their services are no longer needed as AI drafts stories in-house.