Roa Powell
roapowell.bsky.social
Roa Powell
@roapowell.bsky.social
senior research fellow at IPPR working on AI. Formerly at CETaS, the Alan Turing Institute and UNESCO.
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NEW: The policies of today will shape AI tools of the future. Let's make sure it improves - not destroys - our news environment. 👇
AI is transforming our information environment - but is it reliably delivering news content to the public?

We tested four AI tools to find out and our results reveal worrying trends:
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
AI is transforming our information environment - but is it reliably delivering news content to the public?

We tested four AI tools to find out and our results reveal worrying trends:
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
AI is becoming a new front door to the news - 40% of 18-24 year olds use AI for information weekly and Google AI overviews reach 2 billion a month.

But we find AI isn't reliably surfacing news content - with implications for public access to information and media plurality.

Full report @ippr.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM