AI & Authenticity
Examining the intersection of artificial intelligence and content authenticity, from detection tools to provenance standards.
Provenance in Practice: A Day Inside a Content Credentials Workflow
What does a Content Credentials workflow actually look like inside a newsroom? We walk through a generalised, illustrative example to show how the C2PA standard operates from capture to publication.
Jul 14, 2026How AI Detectors Actually Work: A Plain-Language Explainer for Editors
Perplexity, burstiness, and token probability explained in terms editors can actually use when evaluating detection tools and setting newsroom policy.
Jul 9, 2026How to Rank in Google AI Overviews: A Publisher's Playbook
Google AI Overviews are reshaping how readers find journalism. Here is what publishers need to know to stay visible in an era of AI-generated search results.
Jul 7, 2026The EU AI Act Timeline: Key Dates and Deadlines for Publishers
A plain-language guide to every major EU AI Act deadline, from the February 2025 prohibited-practices date to the 2028 high-risk rules, and what each milestone means for your newsroom.
Jul 2, 2026The Newsroom AI Glossary: Terms Every Editor Should Know
From deepfakes to C2PA, provenance to GPAI, here are the key AI and authenticity terms every editor needs to understand to lead their newsroom confidently.
Jun 30, 2026Can You Copyright AI-Generated Art? What the Law Says in 2026
The US Copyright Office has consistently refused to register purely AI-generated works. We explain what the law currently says, what it means for newsrooms, and where the legal boundaries actually sit.
Jun 25, 2026What Is AI Watermarking? Invisible Signals, Explained
AI watermarking embeds hidden signals into machine-generated content to flag its origin. Here is what the technology actually does, how it differs from content credentials, and where it falls short for newsrooms.
Jun 23, 2026How Voice Cloning Works, and How to Spot It
Voice cloning technology can replicate a person's voice from a short audio sample. Here is what newsrooms need to understand about how it works and how to detect it.
Jun 18, 2026How to Read an AI Detection Report: An Editor's Guide
A high AI detection score is not a verdict. Here is how editors should interpret detection reports, understand confidence intervals, and avoid the most damaging mistakes.
Jun 16, 2026Generative AI Training Data: Where It Comes From and Why Publishers Are Fighting
An explainer for editors on how large language models are trained, what content feeds them, and why publishers are taking legal and commercial action over the use of their journalism.
Jun 11, 2026The EU AI Act in 2026: Latest News, Status, and What Changed
A running guide to where the EU AI Act stands in 2026: the August deadline, the new content-labeling rules, and what they mean for publishers.
Jun 11, 2026What Is Synthetic Media? A Field Guide for Newsrooms
Synthetic media is content created or altered by AI. Here is what the term covers, how it is made, and why it matters for newsrooms.
Jun 1, 2026Building an AI Verification Desk: A Practical Guide for News Organizations
How to build a dedicated AI verification function - from tool selection to staffing.
May 28, 2026AI Writing Assistants in the Newsroom: Policy Templates for Editors
Downloadable policy templates for newsrooms adopting AI writing tools.
May 26, 2026Photojournalism in the Age of AI: Protecting Visual Trust
AI image generation threatens photojournalism's evidentiary role. How the field is adapting.
May 24, 2026Google's AI Overviews and Publisher Traffic: The Early Data
Six months of data on how Google's AI Overviews affect publisher referral traffic.
May 22, 2026The AI Disclosure Debate: Should Publishers Label AI-Assisted Content?
The publishing industry is split on when and how to disclose AI involvement in content.
May 20, 2026How Reuters, AP, and AFP Are Fighting Deepfakes
The world's three largest wire services have built deepfake detection into their workflows.
May 18, 2026Blockchain and Content Verification: Hype vs. Reality in 2026
Blockchain verification promised to solve media trust. Here's what works, what failed, and what C2PA does better.
May 16, 2026AI Detection in Non-English Languages: The Accuracy Gap
Most AI detection tools were built for English. How well do they work in other languages?
May 14, 2026The Content Authenticity Initiative: Who's In and What They're Building
Adobe's CAI has grown to 3,000+ members. What they're building for the provenance ecosystem.
May 12, 2026Synthetic Media Ethics: Where Should Newsrooms Draw the Line?
When is AI-generated content acceptable in journalism? A framework for editorial guidelines.
May 10, 2026The EU AI Act and Content Authenticity: What Publishers Need to Know
The EU AI Act mandates labeling of AI-generated content by August 2026. A compliance guide.
May 8, 2026How AI Content Detection Works: A Deep Technical Dive
From statistical fingerprinting to neural classifiers, the technologies powering AI detection.
May 6, 2026A Framework for Newsroom AI Crawling Policies
Block, allow, or selectively permit? A decision framework for publishers navigating robots.txt.
May 4, 2026NYT vs. OpenAI: What the Landmark Copyright Case Means for All Publishers
The most consequential copyright case in a generation is heading toward trial.
May 2, 2026AI Licensing Deals: Which Publishers Are Selling Content to LLM Companies
From the AP's early deal to News Corp's quarter-billion agreement, who's licensing to AI companies.
May 2, 2026The Deepfake Election Threat: Are News Organizations Ready?
With major elections approaching, deepfake technology poses an unprecedented threat to electoral journalism.
Apr 30, 2026AI-Generated Video Is Here: How Newsrooms Should Respond
Sora, Runway, and successors generate photorealistic video. What it means for verification.
Apr 28, 2026Perplexity and Burstiness: The Metrics Behind AI Detection Explained
AI detectors rely on perplexity and burstiness. Here's what they mean and why they're imperfect.
Apr 26, 2026GPTZero vs. Originality.ai vs. Turnitin: 2026 Head-to-Head Comparison
The three most widely used AI detection platforms compared for newsroom use.
Apr 24, 2026AI Detector False Positives: When Legitimate Writing Gets Flagged
From non-native English speakers to formulaic genres, AI detectors routinely flag human writing.
Apr 22, 2026C2PA's Screenshot Problem: Why Provenance Breaks When You Share
Content Credentials are fragile. Screenshots, re-encoding, and social sharing break the chain.
Apr 22, 2026Content Credentials vs. Watermarking: What's the Difference and Why It Matters
Both aim to establish content authenticity but take fundamentally different approaches.
Apr 22, 2026How Content Credentials Work: A Technical Explainer for Editors
A non-developer's guide to the cryptography and trust model behind C2PA Content Credentials.
Apr 20, 2026Every Major AI Copyright Lawsuit Involving Publishers in 2026: A Running Tracker
A continuously updated tracker of copyright lawsuits between publishers and AI companies.
Apr 18, 2026Deepfake Detection Tools for Journalists: The 2026 Buyer's Guide
A practical comparison of leading deepfake detection tools for newsrooms - what they catch, what they miss, and what they cost.
Apr 16, 2026We Ran the Same Essay Through 7 AI Detectors - Here's What Happened
One essay, seven detectors, seven different answers. Our hands-on test reveals the state of AI detection in 2026.
Apr 14, 2026NIST's Verdict on AI Text Detectors: Why the Federal Standard Says They're Unreliable
NIST evaluated commercial AI text detectors and found none met its reliability threshold.
Apr 12, 2026C2PA Adoption Tracker: Which Platforms Support Content Credentials in 2026
A continuously updated guide to C2PA adoption across hardware, software, social media, and news organizations.
Apr 10, 2026What Is C2PA? The Complete Guide to Content Provenance
The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity is building the technical standard to prove where digital content comes from.
Apr 2, 2026AI Detection and Academic Integrity: An Editorial Perspective
What newsrooms can learn from universities' struggles with AI detection policies.
Apr 2, 2026Should Publishers Block AI Crawlers? The Traffic vs. Training Dilemma
The robots.txt dilemma: blocking AI crawlers protects content but may cost visibility.
Apr 1, 2026Publishers vs. AI: The Training Data Copyright Fight
The copyright battle between publishers and AI companies is reshaping the digital media landscape.
Mar 28, 2026AI Watermarking Standards: C2PA, Content Credentials, and the Future of Provenance
How C2PA, Content Credentials, and digital watermarking are creating a new trust layer for media.
Mar 25, 2026Voice Cloning and Audio Deepfakes: The Next Frontier of Media Manipulation
Voice cloning has become frighteningly accurate. Why audio deepfakes may be a bigger threat than fake video.
Mar 22, 2026The Accuracy Problem: Why AI Detectors Disagree
We tested the same text across multiple AI detectors and found wildly inconsistent results.
Mar 18, 2026Deepfake Detection in Newsrooms: Tools and Techniques for Editors to Verify Footage
A practical guide to the tools newsrooms are using to detect manipulated video.
Mar 15, 2026How AI Content Detection Works: The Technology Behind Identifying Machine Text
A deep dive into the technology behind AI content detection and why no approach is foolproof.