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Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries

Reach, which also owns Express, makes decision because of ‘mammoth shift’ in how audiences seek out contentThe publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers is to cut a further 220 editorial jobs as it adapts to a dramatic fall in online traffic while readers increasingly turn to summaries generated by artificial intelligence.Reach, which also owns […]

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Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times

The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensationThe Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in ⁠a lawsuit against the New York Times, arguing in favor of the use of copyrighted writing to train artificial intelligence.The Times accuses OpenAI and its largest financial backer, Microsoft, of using

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Let’s call it what it is: antisocial media | Brief letters

Tech platforms | Concerned AI | David Sullivan | Contacting MPs | MoggingWhy is it that in the coverage of the downsides of the activities of the tech bros’ platforms, the term “social media” is used (Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest, 6 June). “Social” implies care, consideration and cooperation.

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My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart

In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook herFor a year, Joanna Stern decided to turn herself into a

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What does the UK watchdog’s new Google AI results rule mean for publishers?

Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsThe UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers’ content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers that allow

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Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake

Image was created by administrator in charge of station’s Facebook account who wanted to create ‘friendlier image’It was an arresting image and an irresistible story. A group of tough Thai police officers – five men and one woman – all wearing elaborate festival-style dresses, surrounding a drug dealer they had caught while undercover.The image, released

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Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds

Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025Media coverage of violence against women and girls and misogynistic harassment is at a “pitiful” low, despite a proliferation of high-profile cases of men abusing women and children, and a rise in AI-assisted violence against women and girls, new

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Mediahuis suspends senior journalist over AI-generated quotes

Peter Vandermeersch says he ‘fell into trap of hallucinations’ after being investigated by NRC title where he had once been editor-in-chief The publisher of Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to “wrongly put words into people’s mouths”.Peter Vandermeersch, former head of

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‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?

An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in SwitzerlandIt was over beers on an autumn evening in Zurich in 2024 that a group of journalists with an independent Swiss research collective began to discuss investigating Palantir, one of the world’s biggest tech companies.Three

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