USA Today Co. executives are doubling down on the company's Palantir deal, claiming the newspaper chain is becoming “an intelligence organization.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/were...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialAndrew Deck
@andrewdeck.bsky.social
Reporting on AI and journalism for @NiemanLab.org at Harvard. Previously covering tech @restofworld.org Bylines: @thenation.com @popularmechanics @japantimes.co.jp Signal: andrewdeck.01
@andrewdeck.bsky.social@andrewdeck.bsky.socialIn July, The New York Times launched an internal chatbot called News Agent: “[It's] an uber agent that basically acts as a drop-in replacement for chatbots like Gemini or ChatGPT."
More in my write-up of the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/uber...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialA federal appeals court has ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters, upholding its landmark copyright victory over the AI startup Ross Intelligence.
It's the first time a U.S. circuit judge has ruled on fair-use arguments in an AI copyright case. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/fede...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialOpenAI has committed $10 million to fund the next cohort of the @lenfestinstitute.org's AI fellowship.
So far, the program has embedded AI engineers in big metro newspapers across the U.S. Now, Lenfest is eyeing local TV news and newsrooms covering statehouses. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/open...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialArbiter uses LLMs and agents to pull posts from social media and analyze them at scale. It's part of a new crop of AI tools trying to fill the void left by CrowdTangle for reporting on disinformation.
I spoke to the founders about building for journalists first. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/two-...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialI dug into the DOJ’s letter yesterday backing OpenAI in its ongoing copyright litigation with The New York Times.
One of the strangest arguments: a ruling in favor of the Times would actually hurt small and independent news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/trum...
@niemanlab.orgReposted by @andrewdeck.bsky.socialThe Department of Justice filing argues that large publishers will disproportionately benefit if AI companies have to pay to use copyrighted content. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/trum...
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialJapanese news outlets have launched a new web standard to fight AI-generated imposter sites. Originator Profile (OP) cryptographically signs news articles to authenticate them.
Yomiuri Shimbun+Asahi Shimbun have already integrated OP into their CMS. @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/japa...
niemanlab.orgJapanese publishers are fighting imposter news sites with a cryptographic signatureThe Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and NHK have all signed onto the Originator Profile standard.
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialI took a closer look at the ProPublica union’s vote to strike, including their demand for protection from AI-related layoffs.
The vote marks the first time a major U.S. newsroom has authorized a strike, at least in part, over AI protections. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/prop...
niemanlab.orgProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protectionsThe Guild has voted to walk off the job if ProPublica doesn’t agree to a ban on AI-related layoffs, as well as “just cause” for firings, seniority provisions during layoffs, and wage increases.