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Ernest Kung: How The Associated Press Built Five AI Tools for Local Newsrooms
Episode 29
Ernest Kung, the AI Product Manager for The Associated Press joins Nikita Roy to share how the AP has been helping local newsrooms implement artificial intelligence into their workflows as part of th…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Charlie Beckett & Munmun De Choudhury: The Role of the News Industry in Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI-Generated Misinformation (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
Episode 28
Charlie Beckett, Professor and Founding Director of Polis, the international journalism think tank at the London School of Economics and Munmun De Choudhury, Associate Professor of Interactive Comput…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Uli Köppen & Miranda Marcus: Approaches In AI Innovation From Two of Europe's Public Broadcasters (Recorded at Online News Association's Onward 2023)
Episode 27
Uli Köppen, Head of AI + Automation Lab and Co-Lead of BR Data at Germany's Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Miranda Marcus, Head of BBC News Labs, join Nikita Roy for a conversation…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Nick Diakopoulos: The Potential of Fine-Tuning Large Language Models on Newsroom Data
Episode 26
Nick Diakopoulos, Communication Studies and Computer Science Professor at Northwestern University joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities fine-tuning Large Language Models offer for news organi…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Francesco Marconi: Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models in Journalism
Episode 25
Francesco Marconi, the co-founder and CEO of AppliedXL, joins Nikita Roy to discuss the opportunities and challenges that Large Language Models present to the news industry, emphasizing the need for …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Chris Dinn: How a Toronto News Startup Developed an AI Chatbot to Analyze & Report on Municipal Budgets
Episode 24
Chris Dinn joins Nikita Roy to talk about building AI bots for his Toronto news startup, Torontoverse. Chris also explores the Online News Act's effects in Canada and AI's potential impact on the new…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Mark Hansen: How Generative AI Can Help With Data Journalism
Episode 23
Mark Hansen joins Nikita Roy to discuss how generative AI can enhance data journalism, particularly by accelerating coding tasks. The discussion also addresses bias and privacy concerns associated wi…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Liam Andrew: Building a Data Infrastructure for AI Innovation at The Texas Tribune
Episode 22
Liam Andrew, the Chief Product Officer at The Texas Tribune joins Nikita Roy to discuss how they built a data warehouse and analytics hub to provide transparency around key metrics for their newsroom…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Uli Köppen: Algorithmic Accountability, Generative AI and Automation in Journalism at Germany's Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting)
Episode 21
Uli Köppen, head of the AI + Automation Lab at German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk, joins Nikita Roy to discuss how BR's newsroom has integrated AI across its entire news cycle. Uli shares…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jeremy Caplan: Exploring the Landscape of AI Tools to Boost Productivity
Episode 20
Jeremy Caplan joins Nikita Roy to discuss the evolving landscape of AI tools by analyzing their use cases, addressing the challenges they present, and offering tips for enhancing productivity through…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago