Generative AI is changing our newsrooms, but how do we explain to the audience when it's being used, and how? As deepfakes become ubiquitous, how are newsrooms combating faked photos and video? How do journalists and editors handle photos and video sent in by the public if their phones are now enabled with AI to adjust or remove elements of the original image? Globally, there is a three cornered contest on AI regulation between Beijing, Washington and the EU: what of Hong Kong, where American, European and Chinese news organisations operate? Upon the 2025 FCC Journalism Conference this episode brings you conversations with three journalists at the forefront of the emerging frontiers of generative AI in journalism.
Daniel Funke is the head of digital investigation for the Asia-Pacific region for Agence France Press
Claudia Hinterseer is the lead video producer at the South China Morning Post as well as lecturer in Generative AI in Journalism for the masters of international journalism program at Hong Kong Baptist University
Lynn Walsh is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with 15 years experience in investigative, data and TV journalism, former president and former Ethics Chair for the Society of Professional Journalists and currently Assistant Director at Trusting News, working with US-based newsrooms to develop ethical AI policies and strategies.
Produced by Jarrod Watt
Theme music composed by Allen Youngblood
Trusting News: trustingnews.org/trustkits/ai/
AFP Chrome plug-in for image verification:
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fake-…eenfhe?hl=en
AFP watermarking of photos via their Nikon cameras
www.afp.com/en/agency/inside-af…enticity-its-photos
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