The impact of AI on the media world
What will the potential consequences of AI-generated stories and content mean for our future?
This event will take place at 18:30 GMT on 7 February.
Just what will the potential consequences of AI-generated stories and content mean for our future?
Join us for a discussion on what Large Language Models like ChatGPT mean for journalism and writing.
This event will take place online via Zoom. The link will be emailed to attendees on the morning of 7 February.
Bookings will close at 17:00 GMT on Monday 6 February. If you are a member and have missed booking, then email [email protected] and the joining instructions can be sent to you.
Meet the panellists:
Subhra Priyadarshini
Subhra Priyadarshini is the Editor in Chief of Nature India.
She is a 2022 fellow of the JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Subhra is currently experimenting with AI-augmented research highlights, and auto-translation of science news content to Hindi.
Charlie Beckett
Charlie Beckett is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. He is the founding director of Polis, the LSE's international journalism think-tank.
Professor Beckett is currently leading the Polis Journalism and AI project. He was director of the LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission that reported on the misinformation crisis in 2018.
He was an award-winning filmmaker and editor at LWT, BBC and ITN.
He is on Twitter as @charliebeckett
Matthew Cobb
Professor Matthew Cobb is in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester, where he studies the sense of smell in maggots and Neanderthals and also works on the history of science.
He has written a number of popular science books (most recently THE GENETIC AGE and THE IDEA OF THE BRAIN) and has written for newspapers (The Guardian, LA Times...) and magazines (TLS, BBC History…) as well as scripting and presenting programmes on Radio 4.
With thanks to EurekAlert! the ABSW's Lead Professional Development Partner