Does Canadaland use A.I. in the newsroom? Why do some of our old episode tile art images look so glossy? Are all of our shows written by ChatGPT? The answers to these questions are revealed in this episode of Off The Record, where host Sam grills Canadaland management on our new AI Guidelines, set to be released to the public soon.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Additional music by Audio Network

This episode uses generative AI for the following purposes: Episode tile art, voice cloning of Canadaland’s editor and publisher Jesse Brown.

Further Reading:

• AI in the Newsroom: Case Study Series — journalists.org
• The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom — The Verge
• AI chatbots are distorting news stories, BBC finds — BBC
• AI might try to come for journalism – but here’s why it won’t succeed — The Globe and Mail
• Backbench tile art, Backbench showing generative expand, Pretendians tile art

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