, a Rochester, New York daily newspaper owned by the American publishing giant Gannett, are outraged after discovering that their owner quietly updated contract language to allow seemingly unlimited use of AI in "news content,"AI "may be used to generate news content that is supplementary to local news reporting," read the original clause, which the Newspaper Guild of Rochester has since claimed was settled language following contract negotiations, "and is not a...
(Permore generalized, and would seemingly give Gannett the leeway to fully AI-generate entire articles — and not contain AI use to assistive or auxiliary use cases, as the initial contract language would have stipulated.has changed settled language in our contract throughout negotiations. Today we’ve got an example to share, relating to AI.staff's frustrations aren't exactly surprising.In short, Gannett doesn't have a great track record regarding responsible AI use.