2025-06-29
“It is critical to not let journalism be chewed up and spit out by technologies yet again.” — A year into its OpenAI litigation, CIR is one of the only journalism nonprofits to take an AI company to court. I asked CEO @monikab.bsky.social and the CIR legal team why. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/what...
Nieman Lab
How the Center for Investigative Reporting is handling the lawsuit against OpenAI as one of the few nonprofits with the resources to take on a yearslong suit
This story isn't just about copyright. It's about the imbalance between tech giants and the public interest — and how journalism is being mined, not supported. — 🔗 www.niemanlab...
2025-02-23
Outlier is one of several gig work platforms recruiting journalists to train AI models. Its clients including Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft. — I spoke to journalists working with the company for @niemanlab.org. Many are freelancers struggling to find full-time work. www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet...
Nieman Lab
Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training data companies like Scale AI, which recruit them for tasks such as fact-checking and prompt drafting
The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs). Bluesky: @andrewdeck , @tylerborchers.com , @tonymartin , and ...
2025-02-09
I tested DeepSeek's ability to cite its news sources for @niemanlab.org. — The chatbot regularly called attention to subscription paywalls and acknowledged its responses were at risk of violating copyright. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/how- ...
Wall Street Journal
DeepSeek R1 is more susceptible to jailbreaking than ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude; it can instruct on a bioweapon attack, write a pro-Hitler manifesto, and more
Testing shows the Chinese app is more likely to dispense details on how to make a Molotov cocktail or encourage self-harm by teenagers
I tested DeepSeek's ability to cite its news sources for @niemanlab.org. — The chatbot regularly called attention to subscription paywalls and acknowledged its responses were at risk of violating copyright. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/how- ...
Nieman Lab
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls
The chatbot regularly called attention to subscription paywalls and acknowledged its responses were at risk of violating copyright. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/how- ... See also ...