This report doesn’t even mention “liquid content,” but it shows what kind of personalization and translation into context-dependent news usage is already possible today with AI. (Leo Necheles, Generative AI in the Newsroom)
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Politico’s chatbot for pro users, the Policy Intelligence Assistant, is spitting out made-up stuff when asked, like about a non-existent “League of Left-Handed Plumbers,” according to Semafor.
SEO agency analyzes 75k AI Overviews, finds that one-fifth cited media as sources. 31 percent came from BBC, NYT, and CNN.
Takeaways and key points: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News on generating AI summaries for news. (Sarah Scire, NiemanLab)
The OpenAI-suing New York Times is entering into a multi-year partnership with Amazon, with content appearing on Alexa and going into AI training. (Jaspreet Singh, Reuters)
Good Tape transcription: How Denmark’s Zetland build an AI tool that brings in $3 million in annual recurring revenue. (Clare Spencer, Generative AI in the Newsroom)
Chatbot alert: Advance Digital and NJ.com launch AI-powered Politics Election Hub for New Jersey’s governor’s race 2025. (via David Cohn)
LLM journalism tool advisor: Tired of figuring out how to use AI in journalism? Joe Amditis has collected tools and prompts and built a practical interface.
Business Insider is laying off 21 percent of its workforce, announces CEO Barbara Peng. She sees the industry at a “crossroads” and wants to become less dependent on SEO traffic and affiliate links. Instead, a live journalism events business is supposed to launch. And of course: “we are going all-in on AI.” The union is not thrilled.





