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The Guardian’s approach to generative AI
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Words: accountable and responsible · clear evidence of a specific benefit · embedded bias · human oversight and control · opaque systems · original journalism · permissioning, transparency and fair reward · time-consuming business processes · without the knowledge or consent
- The Guardian has published principles explaining how it intends to use generative AI (GenAI) in its work. Although these tools offer new opportunities, they can be unreliable, so their use must involve ______ by people who supervise and manage the technology.
- In journalism, the newspaper will use GenAI only when it helps create or distribute ______, rather than replace the work of its journalists. Journalists will remain ______ for the journalism they produce. The Guardian also aims to prevent ______, or unfair patterns, from being reproduced by AI tools and their training data. If AI generates a significant part of a piece of work, there must be ______,as well as human supervision and permission from a senior editor. Readers should also be informed when this happens.
- GenAI may also help staff analyse large data sets, make suggestions and reduce ______, such as administrative tasks that take up a lot of employees’ time. However, its use should support the newspaper’s mission of investigating facts, questioning arguments and holding powerful people to account.
- The Guardian is also concerned about the rights of content creators. Many AI models are ______, meaning that it is difficult to understand how they work. They may be trained on material collected ______ of the people who created it. The newspaper therefore considers ______ when deciding which AI tools and models to use. It wants to ensure that creators’ intellectual property is respected and that the use of their work is handled fairly. Using GenAI does not mean giving up its legal rights to its own content, or agreei
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- The Guardian has published principles explaining how it intends to use generative AI (GenAI) in its work. Although these tools offer new opportunities, they can be unreliable, so their use must involve human oversight and control by people who supervise and manage the technology.
- In journalism, the newspaper will use GenAI only when it helps create or distribute original journalism, rather than replace the work of its journalists. Journalists will remain accountable and responsible for the journalism they produce. The Guardian also aims to prevent embedded bias, or unfair patterns, from being reproduced by AI tools and their training data. If AI generates a significant part of a piece of work, there must be clear evidence of a specific benefit,as well as human supervision and permission from a senior editor. Readers should also be informed when this happens.
- GenAI may also help staff analyse large data sets, make suggestions and reduce time-consuming business processes, such as administrative tasks that take up a lot of employees’ time. However, its use should support the newspaper’s mission of investigating facts, questioning arguments and holding powerful people to account.
- The Guardian is also concerned about the rights of content creators. Many AI models are opaque systems, meaning that it is difficult to understand how they work. They may be trained on material collected without the knowledge or consent of the people who created it. The newspaper therefore considers permissioning, transparency and fair reward when deciding which AI tools and models to use. It wants to ensure that creators’ intellectual property is respected and that the use of their work is handled fairly. Using GenAI does not mean giving up its legal rights to its own content, or agreei
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