AI is Developing a New Journalism

Question

All in all, this claim is a fact to really consider when looking for media from Journalists or as a Journalist because artificial intelligence can give the consumer false information. AI has excited for a century or two, but this new generation produces information to the public that could sound extremely incorrect or correct. The news cite Forbes published a story about AI changing the way humans view media and they claim that, "the more recent generative AI wave has resulted in a much greater use of AI tools to generate news articles on a variety of different topics," they also write, "AI systems are covering local politics such as board of education meetings." By reading these two quotes initially in the post, I felt moved that AI controls almost all the research and fact checking the population does on a daily basis.

Answer 1

Looking at your source, this Forbes article doesn't really agree with your point. The purpose of the article was more that while there is an increase in the use of AI, there still is a large portion of hesitancy in using AI for Journalism. The article states this as the increase of AI outputs also has its drawbacks,

"One of the ways to approach the concept of AI-generated news is to separate “low-effort” reporting of primarily data-driven facts, such as finance and sports from more nuanced, opinion or investigative reporting that requires journalistic skills. For the former, journalistic skills aren’t needed to simply report facts. However, for the latter, AI tools are not well suited to the more rigorous needs of deep-dive and longer form reporting."

It does agree that while some journalism might be affected by AI, most will not as the AI tools are not able to replicate deep level critical journalistic practice that humans can.

 The article ends by saying that AI application depends on the type of journalism, and will not fully affect our current system as human connection and knowledge is still so crucial in news and media. 

"While for more fact-based reporting, the machine can do the work. But, even in that instance, the human can still be involved in the process of reviewing outputs to verify facts and editing outputs."

I think this quote also counteracts your point, as Forbes ends its article by saying that AI is not going to be fully replacing AI and humans are still necessary for Journalism.

I believe that while AI may change some of how our news and media is spread and reported, Journalism is fundamentally human, and some things will never change, and as is stated in the Forbes article, will continue to be in some capacity. 

Comments

When conducting fact-checks, it is best to check sources besides those included by the OP of the claim. Thanks!

Answer 2

This claim from Forbes is mostly true, but at the same time, a little misleading if taken too far. The article written by Ron Schmelzer for Forbes talks about how generative AI tools are being used in journalism, even for things like local politics and meetings for the school board. Forbes is a well known and for the most part a reliable news and business site. But this piece is more of an opinion article than a research study and the author doesn’t cite specific data or examples, just observations. Other reliable sources like Reuters and academic studies agree that some media outlets are using AI to help write or summarize news stories, and experts are getting concerned about misinformation. So the claim that AI is changing how people get news is true, but the idea that AI  is controlling almost all research and fact checking is misleading and not fully true as evidence can’t fully back up this claim yet.

Comments

When conducting fact-checks, it is best to check sources besides those included by the OP of the claim. Thanks!

Answer 3

After reading through your claim above and reading through some articles on the subject (including the one you've posted above), I can come to the conclusion that this statement is indeed true. For starters, what all the sources seem to have in common is that AI can either have a positive, or negative, effect on journalism and news stories as a whole. One example of this statistic being true can be seen on https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/28/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists/ where there's mention of how "roughly [24%] of U.S. adults say that AI will have a very[,] or somewhat (26%)[,] negative impact on the news [over the next 20 years] [while] [j]ust 10% say [it'll] have a very (2%)[,] or somewhat (8%)[,] positive effect" (Lipka, 2025). This just goes to show that there are definitely mixed reviews on whether or not AI should be used within the news, and other, medium(s), and that it's true that the information we're given by said AI could indeed either be true or false depending on what we're given from researching a topic. Another thing to note is that as mentioned on the article on CNTI, https://cnti.org/article/ai-in-journalism/, as many as three-quarters of companies report utilizing/adopting AI in their work as of 2024 (could be even more nowadays).

However, without taking the proper precautions when posting content (such as integrating a simple statement like #AIGenerated), it can be hard for users to discern whether or not what you've posted is indeed "fact or fiction", as some may call it. One example of this is mentioned on the article https://unric.org/en/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-journalism-risks-and-opportunities/ on the United Nations website, which goes into detail about how in early 2024, a journalist from France 24 was targeted by a deepfake that was utilized to manipulate both his voice and an article headline -- this event ended up causing distortion on his reporting of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Ukraine, which caused both misinformation and his credibility to be undermined (United Nations, 2025). This is just one of many examples that has not only caused people to be wary of using AI, but has also caused the stigmas that we know surround the usage of AI in today's society. However, by bringing awareness to the subject of utilizing AI in general, the more we can begin to understand how much AI has indeed lent itself in helping to create content in today's media, as well as how we can better combat against any misinformation that pops up in the process.

Sources that were used:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/28/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists/

https://cnti.org/article/ai-in-journalism/

https://unric.org/en/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-journalism-risks-and-opportunities/