Clare Spencer
@clarespencer.bsky.social
Reporter for generative-ai-newsroom.com, figuring out when (and when not) to use GenAI in news production. For off topic thoughts go to @aclarespencer on Threads.
Which news organisations have started making money in the AI era?
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Which news organisations have started making money in the AI era?
Another public fail to add to the cautionary tales of using GenAI in newsrooms
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-upd...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-upd...
Pakistan’s biggest newspaper Dawn, started by Jinnah, publishes AI Prompt in car sales news report; apologises for AI-generated text
Dawn newspaper in Pakistan mistakenly published an internal AI prompt within a business report. The prompt revealed AI was used in editing, which violates the newspaper's policy. Dawn has since correc...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Another public fail to add to the cautionary tales of using GenAI in newsrooms
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-upd...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-upd...
I have been thinking about (what I am going to call) format bias.
This is the format which you personally are most likely to be able to take in information.
For me, it is speech/audio.
This is the format which you personally are most likely to be able to take in information.
For me, it is speech/audio.
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I have been thinking about (what I am going to call) format bias.
This is the format which you personally are most likely to be able to take in information.
For me, it is speech/audio.
This is the format which you personally are most likely to be able to take in information.
For me, it is speech/audio.
What’s the conclusion of the BBC’s My Club Daily - a daily two minute audio text-to-speech pilot which ran from mid August for four weeks.
Olle Zacharison mentioned it to @nikitaroy.bsky.social on the latest Newsroom Robots without sharing the result of the pilot
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Olle Zacharison mentioned it to @nikitaroy.bsky.social on the latest Newsroom Robots without sharing the result of the pilot
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Olle Zacharison: How BBC News is Shaping its AI Strategy for the Next Era of Journalism
Podcast Episode · Newsroom Robots · 15/11/2025 · 1h 6m
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November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What’s the conclusion of the BBC’s My Club Daily - a daily two minute audio text-to-speech pilot which ran from mid August for four weeks.
Olle Zacharison mentioned it to @nikitaroy.bsky.social on the latest Newsroom Robots without sharing the result of the pilot
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
Olle Zacharison mentioned it to @nikitaroy.bsky.social on the latest Newsroom Robots without sharing the result of the pilot
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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News publishers win first round of copyright claim against Cohere
A judge has rejected Cohere’s motion to dismiss, saying publishers “adequately alleged” that outputs from the AI provider were “quantitatively and qualitatively similar” to their content
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ne...
A judge has rejected Cohere’s motion to dismiss, saying publishers “adequately alleged” that outputs from the AI provider were “quantitatively and qualitatively similar” to their content
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ne...
News publishers win first round of copyright claim against AI start-up Cohere
News publishers have celebrated a victory in the first stage of their copyright lawsuit against Canadian AI start-up Cohere.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
News publishers win first round of copyright claim against Cohere
A judge has rejected Cohere’s motion to dismiss, saying publishers “adequately alleged” that outputs from the AI provider were “quantitatively and qualitatively similar” to their content
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ne...
A judge has rejected Cohere’s motion to dismiss, saying publishers “adequately alleged” that outputs from the AI provider were “quantitatively and qualitatively similar” to their content
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ne...
I stopped resisting Google’s AI overview. Before I used to scroll past and click on the top link. Now I CBA and accept it doesn’t matter if it isn’t true for more and more searches until, this week, I went to the wrong airport terminal based on what the overview told me. Verification fatigue chaos.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I stopped resisting Google’s AI overview. Before I used to scroll past and click on the top link. Now I CBA and accept it doesn’t matter if it isn’t true for more and more searches until, this week, I went to the wrong airport terminal based on what the overview told me. Verification fatigue chaos.
AP launched AP Intelligence this week: www.ap.org/intelligence/
Is this proof of the start of the machine-readable internet?
Will news organizations pivot from writing articles to collecting facts and organising that as structured data?
Is this proof of the start of the machine-readable internet?
Will news organizations pivot from writing articles to collecting facts and organising that as structured data?
AP debuts global data and intelligence offering | The Associated Press
AP Intelligence, a new offering from The Associated Press, fills a critical gap in the world’s data
www.ap.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
AP launched AP Intelligence this week: www.ap.org/intelligence/
Is this proof of the start of the machine-readable internet?
Will news organizations pivot from writing articles to collecting facts and organising that as structured data?
Is this proof of the start of the machine-readable internet?
Will news organizations pivot from writing articles to collecting facts and organising that as structured data?
I was asked by someone teaching an MBA class in AI agents what I thought was going to happen to the news industry. Here’s one possible ending: there could be problematic AI generated content and, at the same time, an artisan news industry for premium payers - and a massive gap between the two.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was asked by someone teaching an MBA class in AI agents what I thought was going to happen to the news industry. Here’s one possible ending: there could be problematic AI generated content and, at the same time, an artisan news industry for premium payers - and a massive gap between the two.
Workarounds are fascinating.
I met someone at a conference who started a Teams meeting with herself and recorded it so that she could get a transcript of the conference talk.
I met someone at a conference who started a Teams meeting with herself and recorded it so that she could get a transcript of the conference talk.
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Workarounds are fascinating.
I met someone at a conference who started a Teams meeting with herself and recorded it so that she could get a transcript of the conference talk.
I met someone at a conference who started a Teams meeting with herself and recorded it so that she could get a transcript of the conference talk.
@maxroser.bsky.social Hi Max, I'm a reporter for generative-ai-newsroom.com. I'd love to speak to you for a story I am writing today.
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@maxroser.bsky.social Hi Max, I'm a reporter for generative-ai-newsroom.com. I'd love to speak to you for a story I am writing today.
If a chatbot outputs an answer to my question which is more than 200 words long then I have the same issue I had with articles - I have to filter through those words to find the part which answers my question without telling me stuff I already know or telling me stuff which I don’t understand.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If a chatbot outputs an answer to my question which is more than 200 words long then I have the same issue I had with articles - I have to filter through those words to find the part which answers my question without telling me stuff I already know or telling me stuff which I don’t understand.
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The Observer has signed a commercial partnership deal with AI-powered news platform Particle News as it ramps up its digital presence as a standalone brand pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-obs...
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Observer has signed a commercial partnership deal with AI-powered news platform Particle News as it ramps up its digital presence as a standalone brand pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-obs...
Someone told me at a party that she used chatGPT to give a valuation for her antiques that she needed to offload. She then went to an antique dealer with these numbers in mind. The antique dealer had other numbers in mind. She didn’t sell them. Presumably she is now paying for storage.
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Someone told me at a party that she used chatGPT to give a valuation for her antiques that she needed to offload. She then went to an antique dealer with these numbers in mind. The antique dealer had other numbers in mind. She didn’t sell them. Presumably she is now paying for storage.
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This is how the lead for the BBC’s responsible AI team has summed up the findings: www.linkedin.com/posts/radioj...
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is how the lead for the BBC’s responsible AI team has summed up the findings: www.linkedin.com/posts/radioj...
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UPDATE: The BBC, through EBU, got 21 news organisations to evaluate the accuracy of AI chatbots’ output and found 45% chat bot responses to their questions “had at least one significant issue”.
I haven’t found an appendix with all questions asked and all responses.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
I haven’t found an appendix with all questions asked and all responses.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
UPDATE: The BBC, through EBU, got 21 news organisations to evaluate the accuracy of AI chatbots’ output and found 45% chat bot responses to their questions “had at least one significant issue”.
I haven’t found an appendix with all questions asked and all responses.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
I haven’t found an appendix with all questions asked and all responses.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
The @theajp.bsky.social has released a Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
www.theajp.org/news-insight...
www.theajp.org/news-insight...
Introducing a new AI guide for local news editorial teams - American Journalism Project
www.theajp.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The @theajp.bsky.social has released a Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
www.theajp.org/news-insight...
www.theajp.org/news-insight...
I think the introduction of AI generated photo realistic images presents a challenge to news organisations - how do they make sure their audience know that their photos are real. This is more than watermarking. I think they need to overhaul their current use of photos.
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think the introduction of AI generated photo realistic images presents a challenge to news organisations - how do they make sure their audience know that their photos are real. This is more than watermarking. I think they need to overhaul their current use of photos.
I am thinking of making my bid list public.
My patch is journalism so I request interviews with journalists.
I am told no more than I am told yes.
Would sharing publicly who I have approached to interview and their response would be of value?
My patch is journalism so I request interviews with journalists.
I am told no more than I am told yes.
Would sharing publicly who I have approached to interview and their response would be of value?
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am thinking of making my bid list public.
My patch is journalism so I request interviews with journalists.
I am told no more than I am told yes.
Would sharing publicly who I have approached to interview and their response would be of value?
My patch is journalism so I request interviews with journalists.
I am told no more than I am told yes.
Would sharing publicly who I have approached to interview and their response would be of value?
@fdaudens.bsky.social has shared his notebook on designing AI workflows using open-source tools
colab.research.google.com/drive/1n75iB...
colab.research.google.com/drive/1n75iB...
Google Colab
colab.research.google.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
@fdaudens.bsky.social has shared his notebook on designing AI workflows using open-source tools
colab.research.google.com/drive/1n75iB...
colab.research.google.com/drive/1n75iB...
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⚒️“Google AI Tools for Journalists” — Learn how AI can support your work!
Our free 4-week course covers Google’s NotebookLM, Gemini, Pinpoint and Analytics, and guides you toward creating research-driven content that engages the audience.
Register now: https://f.mtr.cool/tfeldmhgmy
Our free 4-week course covers Google’s NotebookLM, Gemini, Pinpoint and Analytics, and guides you toward creating research-driven content that engages the audience.
Register now: https://f.mtr.cool/tfeldmhgmy
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
⚒️“Google AI Tools for Journalists” — Learn how AI can support your work!
Our free 4-week course covers Google’s NotebookLM, Gemini, Pinpoint and Analytics, and guides you toward creating research-driven content that engages the audience.
Register now: https://f.mtr.cool/tfeldmhgmy
Our free 4-week course covers Google’s NotebookLM, Gemini, Pinpoint and Analytics, and guides you toward creating research-driven content that engages the audience.
Register now: https://f.mtr.cool/tfeldmhgmy
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Unser genAI alt text-Generator für Grafiken - mein heuriges Lieblings-KI-Projekt. Jetzt featured in Generative AI in the Newsroom!
wir verwenden ihn übrigens nicht nur selbst, er steht demnächst auch in unserem APA-Text-Assistant zur Verfügung...
generative-ai-newsroom.com/improving-th...
wir verwenden ihn übrigens nicht nur selbst, er steht demnächst auch in unserem APA-Text-Assistant zur Verfügung...
generative-ai-newsroom.com/improving-th...
Improving the Accessibility of Infographics with AI-Generated Alt-Text
The Austrian Press Agency (APA) uses generative AI to create text to describe charts and graphs for visually impaired people.
generative-ai-newsroom.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Unser genAI alt text-Generator für Grafiken - mein heuriges Lieblings-KI-Projekt. Jetzt featured in Generative AI in the Newsroom!
wir verwenden ihn übrigens nicht nur selbst, er steht demnächst auch in unserem APA-Text-Assistant zur Verfügung...
generative-ai-newsroom.com/improving-th...
wir verwenden ihn übrigens nicht nur selbst, er steht demnächst auch in unserem APA-Text-Assistant zur Verfügung...
generative-ai-newsroom.com/improving-th...
Others’ predictions that the AI era brings on the end of the article and the beginning of “conversational news” has made me reflect on one of the challenges journalists faced over the last 20 years. I called it “assumed knowledge”. We didn’t know how much people already knew when we told a story.
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Others’ predictions that the AI era brings on the end of the article and the beginning of “conversational news” has made me reflect on one of the challenges journalists faced over the last 20 years. I called it “assumed knowledge”. We didn’t know how much people already knew when we told a story.
Lots of people suggest using GenAI as a copy editor and but @econoscribe.bsky.social told @nikitaroy.bsky.social that his experiment to build a GenAI Economist style guide found the results “were just not good enough”.
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Ludwig Siegele: Inside The Economist’s AI Playbook
Podcast Episode · Newsroom Robots · 23/09/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Lots of people suggest using GenAI as a copy editor and but @econoscribe.bsky.social told @nikitaroy.bsky.social that his experiment to build a GenAI Economist style guide found the results “were just not good enough”.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
PSA: I have to transcribe an audio clip for work and uploaded it onto ChatGPT (I have a pro account). It was 31 seconds long so it said it couldn't transcribe over 30 seconds. So I uploaded it to Google Pinpoint (free account for journalists).
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
PSA: I have to transcribe an audio clip for work and uploaded it onto ChatGPT (I have a pro account). It was 31 seconds long so it said it couldn't transcribe over 30 seconds. So I uploaded it to Google Pinpoint (free account for journalists).