✎ journalism.co.uk 英國新聞網站《Journalism.co.uk》｜20230419

AI has “enormous potential” for local newsrooms (if they know how to use it)

若能善用人工智慧　它將對地方新聞編輯室帶來「巨大潛能」

From spotting niche stories to dealing with the admin, the technology could be just what the doctor ordered for under-resourced local news organisations

✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20230413

Should ChatGPT Join the J-School Classroom?

ChatGPT應該加入新聞學院的課堂中嗎？

Expert supervision can be especially important when dealing with larger AI assisted projects. When investigative journalist Brandon Roberts used ChatGPT to extract data from thousands of PDF files, he found it would sometimes scatter errors and ‘hallucinate’ data throughout the output. It would ignore certain commands, make assumptions about gender, misspell names, and skip over values entirely. Such errors can hide underneath many layers of otherwise correctly sorted data, further highlighting the importance of human supervision and fact-checking when using AI tools.

✎ NIEMANLAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20230412

This citizen-run organization is teaching thousands of Indonesians to fact-check

印尼民間組織Mafindo教成千上萬的印尼人如何事實查核

Mafindo has a core team of nine people, with thousands of volunteers across Indonesia helping conduct trainings, fact-check, and get more members of the public connected with the organization’s work.

✎ The Conversation 非營利媒體平台《對話》｜20230419

News coverage of artificial intelligence reflects business and government hype — not critical voices

人工智慧相關新聞報導反映出商人與政府大肆炒作—而非批評聲浪

Our report found news media closely reflects business and government interests in AI by praising its future capabilities and under-reporting the power dynamics behind these interests.

✎ POYNTER 美國波因特學院｜20230420

Fact-checkers boosted budgets and broadened focus to tackle misinformation, report finds

研究顯示：事實查核機構增加其預算並擴大關注焦點來處理錯假訊息

Diversifying funding sources is crucial for fact-checkers amid big tech uncertainty.

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰