"As I shared in the podcast, there needs to be more focus on how the AI platforms will require healthy local news organizations if they are going to train their Large Language Models on reliable and verified information. They will be wise to invest in struggling local news organizations and pay attention to an aphorism of the AI age: if local news did not exist, AI would need to invent it."
Spot on. Local news - specifically the rich media that comes when people actually go places, talk to people, take pictures, record voices, etc - will be the only thing to keep the AIs from becoming echo chambers of their own invention. This is our mission... and will be a vital part of if not the key to a sustainable financial model for journalism.
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"As I shared in the podcast, there needs to be more focus on how the AI platforms will require healthy local news organizations if they are going to train their Large Language Models on reliable and verified information. They will be wise to invest in struggling local news organizations and pay attention to an aphorism of the AI age: if local news did not exist, AI would need to invent it."
Spot on. Local news - specifically the rich media that comes when people actually go places, talk to people, take pictures, record voices, etc - will be the only thing to keep the AIs from becoming echo chambers of their own invention. This is our mission... and will be a vital part of if not the key to a sustainable financial model for journalism.