It’s no secret that the news industry is changing fast. In 2025, only around 7% of U.S. adults report getting most of their news from print outlets like newspapers and magazines, according to the Pew Research Center. Radio isn’t doing much better, reaching just 11% of the population. Meanwhile, 86% of those surveyed say they get at least some of their news via smartphone, which could mean anything from social media to news apps and streaming platforms.
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Free speech is one of the most celebrated — and debated — rights in our country. Here’s a primer on what you need to know.
Journalists around the world are facing unprecedented dangers for simply doing their job.
Polls got a bad rap after the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections because they were so far off the actual results. So what happened? And which polls should we look at for this election?
Meet yet another AI chatbot called Grok. Grok is Elon Musk’s version of ChatGPT with one big difference: access to real-time information on the social media platform X. This means Grok can respond to prompts about current events or viral posts.
Here’s another unique feature: Grok answers questions with “a bit of wit and a rebellious streak” according to the X AI team. It can also respond to “spicy questions” other AI bots reject.
If you ask Tucker Carlson, we know what he would say. In fact, he already said it.
Did you witness the earth-shattering news live? NFL football star Travis Kelce, fresh off a Super Bowl victory with the Kansas City Chiefs, had just taken a private jet to Sydney, Australia to see his girlfriend Taylor Swift. She was on a concert tour stop there. And OMG, you’d never guess what happened next.
This is not a hypothetical question or distant possibility; AI-generated content is already influencing voters. Although many state and federal lawmakers are scrambling to safeguard the upcoming election, a growing number of experts are sounding the alarm, warning that the U.S. is woefully unprepared for the growing threat from AI-generated propaganda and disinformation. In the 14 months since ChatGPT’s debut, this new AI technology is flooding the internet with lies, reshaping the political landscape and even challenging our concept of reality.
You may be surprised to learn that news organizations like The Associated Press, have been using some form of artificial intelligence since 2014.
Many journalists try to be objective in their work, which means they don’t take sides or show bias. But there are renewed calls for journalists to stand up for what they believe is right rather than report from a position of neutrality.
