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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

NewsGuard and Pangram are building an AI slop detector as content farms multiply

March 17, 2026

NewsGuard has flagged 3,000+ AI content farms and is now using AI itself to fight them.

Read moreNewsGuard and Pangram are building an AI slop detector as content farms multiply

The 2026 journalism layoff wave is already worse than last year — and it’s only March

March 9, 2026

From the Washington Post to Nexstar to the New York Daily News, newsrooms are cutting at a pace that suggests a structural shift, not a cyclical correction.

Read moreThe 2026 journalism layoff wave is already worse than last year — and it’s only March
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What critics get wrong about Cleveland.com’s AI rewrite experiment

March 3, 2026

The Cleveland Plain Dealer isn’t “replacing reporters with AI” so much as separating reporting from writing. That still raises hard questions.

Read moreWhat critics get wrong about Cleveland.com’s AI rewrite experiment
Painterly illustration of a journalist and translucent AI ghost typing on laptops in a dimly lit newsroom

A columnist asked Gemini to write his column. The result was good, and that’s the problem

February 26, 2026

Neil Steinberg’s annual AI column experiment found Gemini 3.0 nailing his voice while casually inventing a scene that never happened.

Read moreA columnist asked Gemini to write his column. The result was good, and that’s the problem

Videogame media takes another hit as Clickout fires human staff to pivot to AI editors

February 25, 2026

The marketing firm behind several gaming sites has laid off its human writers in favor of a skeleton crew managing AI-generated content.

Read moreVideogame media takes another hit as Clickout fires human staff to pivot to AI editors

Cleveland editor defends AI-written stories, sparks debate about reporting vs. writing

February 23, 2026

A Cleveland newsroom's decision to have AI write story drafts while reporters focus solely on gathering information has reignited the debate over AI's role in journalism.

Read moreCleveland editor defends AI-written stories, sparks debate about reporting vs. writing
Editorial illustration showing journalists fragmenting into bullet points and numbered lists, representing reporters whose work is being reduced to AI-generated summaries without their input

McClatchy reporters’ union pushes back on AI-generated content

February 11, 2026

The company has been using AI to create listicle-style roundups of existing stories without reporter input.

Read moreMcClatchy reporters’ union pushes back on AI-generated content

Google to UK lawmakers: If it’s free on the web, it’s free for us to train

January 15, 2026

Google exec says training isn't about copying content but is instead about producing "wholly new content."

Read moreGoogle to UK lawmakers: If it’s free on the web, it’s free for us to train

AI-generated Venezuela videos reveal a darker truth about disinformation

January 8, 2026

The problem isn't that people were fooled. It's that they didn't care.

Read moreAI-generated Venezuela videos reveal a darker truth about disinformation
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