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.
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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.
Journalism’s workforce shrinks as AI and new consumer habits reshape the industry
More than 2,300 newsroom roles have disappeared in 2026 as media companies restructure around digital audiences, AI tools and new revenue models.
Why authority is the new speed
In the age of AI answers, moving quickly still matters to newsrooms. But keeping the citation depends on your authority.
A newspaper unionized because McClatchy put reporters’ names on AI content
McClatchy told reporters it would use their bylines on AI-generated stories whether they liked it or not. They unionized.
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What an agentic newsroom will look like
The rise of agentic AI in newsrooms might actually lead to better human judgment, sources, and storytelling.
UK and US financial regulators hold emergency meetings over Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
An unreleased Anthropic model that found thousands of vulnerabilities in major operating systems has triggered emergency briefings from London to Washington.
AP offers buyouts as AI and tech companies now drive revenue growth
Newspapers once built the AP. Now they are 10% of its revenue.
Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than their professors
A Northeastern ethics seminar put Claude in students' hands and they pushed back harder than the professor expected.
Five lessons from newsrooms that stopped talking about AI and started building with it
Poynter spent a day at SXSW with journalists actually using AI — and the through-line is ruthlessly practical: start with a pain point, draw the line, name where the human sits.