Profession Reporter: The Bpi Explores the Impact of AI at a Meeting at the Scam on June 18th

TLDR : The Bibliothèque publique d'information and the Prix Albert-Londres are organizing a meeting on the impact of AI on journalism, including concerns about editorial control loss and misinformation. The event brings together media digital transition experts to discuss AI usage in journalism and how to maintain reliable and independent information.

Launched in 2021 by the Bibliothèque publique d’information in partnership with the Prix Albert-Londres, the cycle Profession Reporter explores the realities of the journalism profession. While the Bpi, hosted at the Centre Pompidou, will remain closed until the end of August due to renovations, it will organize on June 18th at the Scam a meeting on a hot topic: the impact of AI on journalism, with a particular focus on GenAI.

Between editorial control loss, misinformation, and impact on working conditions, generative AI raises serious concerns among journalists. While it promises productivity gains, a critical question remains: the reliability and authenticity of the content it produces.

AI, a journalist's asset or an enemy of information? This debate will bring together leading experts in the digital transition in media to shed light on these issues:

Éric Scherer, director of the MediaLab at France Télévisions and chairman of the News Committee of the European Broadcasting Union, engaged in AI ethics and governance issues;
Stanislas de Livonnière, head of the Data and Innovation department at Parisien, an experimenter of new AI-generated narrative formats;
Bénédicte Mingot and Jérémie Laurent-Kaysen, fact-checkers at France Télévisions, who daily explore AI uses in the fight against misinformation.

The moderation will be led by Hervé Brusini, president of the Prix Albert-Londres.

AI: Tool, Threat, or Revealer?

Through the intersecting views of these professionals in investigation, editorial innovation, and fact-checking, this meeting aims to go beyond simplistic visions, naive technophilia on one side, total rejection on the other, to pose a series of fundamental questions:

What AI uses are currently integrated into journalistic practices?
How can we ensure that generated content does not itself become sources of misinformation?
And above all, what ethical and deontological safeguards need to be strengthened to preserve free, independent, and verifiable information?

According to Hervé Brusini:

"Paradoxically, AI might be this new technology that, in a saving gesture, forces us to redefine our social, political, and philosophical relationship".

The conference, open to the public, is free of charge.

Translated from Profession reporter : la Bpi explore l'impact de l’IA lors d’une rencontre à la Scam le 18 juin prochain

To better understand

What is generative AI and how does it work?

Generative AI is a subset of artificial intelligence that uses algorithms to create new and original content, such as text, images, or music. It often relies on deep neural networks, like transformer models, which are trained on large datasets to learn the underlying structures of language or visuals.

What are the existing regulatory frameworks for using AI in journalism?

Currently, there are few specific regulations for the use of AI in journalism. However, the European Union has proposed general AI guidelines, such as the AI Regulation, which requires transparency and accountability. Misinformation laws, like the Digital Services Act, may also impact AI usage to ensure generated content remains verifiable and reliable.