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My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart
In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her For a year, Joanna Stern decided to turn herself into…
‘They’re supposed to be handmade’: zine creators fight to resist AI influence
Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligence The self-published zine has long been central to cultural revolutions, from queer activism to Black feminism and the riot grrrl punk movement, producing titles such as Sniffin’ Glue and Sweet-Thang along the way. But now the traditionally analogue art form faces…
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific Elon Musk’s X said it had suspended 800m accounts over a 12-month period as it fights the “massive” scale of attempts to manipulate the platform. The social media company told MPs it was continually fighting state-backed attempts to hijack…
AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use AI-generated news should carry “nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs. The Institute for…
New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles
Perplexity AI also faces lawsuit from Murdoch-owned Dow Jones and New York Post for its use of copyrighted content The New York Times sued an embattled artificial intelligence startup on Friday, accusing the firm of illegally copying millions of articles. The newspaper alleged Perplexity AI had distributed and displayed journalists’ work without permission en masse.…
EU investigates Google over ‘demotion’ of commercial content from news media
Officials say some content created with advertisers is in effect not visible, which could mean unfair loss of revenue The EU has launched an investigation into Google Search over concerns the US tech company has been “demoting” commercial content from news media sites. The bloc’s executive arm announced the move after monitoring found certain content…
EU investigates Google over ‘demoting’ commercial content from news media
Officials say some content created with advertisers is in effect not visible, which could mean unfair loss of revenue The EU has launched an investigation into Google Search over concerns the US tech company has been “demoting” commercial content from news media sites. The bloc’s executive arm announced the move after monitoring found certain content…
Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews
Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversity Italian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival. FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal…
‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model
Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their content When the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple…