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Julia Haas

Julia Haas

Feb 25, 2026

2:30
The question essentially is, how is the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence technologies reshaping the media landscape? And what does this mean in practice for journalists' ability to inform the public reliably and independently?
2:47
First of all, thank you very much for having me.
2:50
I agree, of course, with your statement that the impact of AI is really one of the fundamental questions of the information landscape and media freedom today.
2:58
So indeed, as you have already pointed out in the question, in the introduction, AI is indeed transforming the way information is produced and shared and accessed and also monetized, which is another aspect that is equally important for journalism and the question of access to information.
3:19
So if we look at the online information space today, we see that it's controlled to a very large extent by really a few big tech actors and they use AI.
3:31
And in addition, there are also increasingly AI companies who offer AI applications, but who also own basically the entire communication ecosystem.
3:41
So really everything from undersea cables to cloud and everything in between, right? The entire infrastructure and dissemination of information.

11 MINS LATER

15:17
My question is, is there anything that needs to be done or we can do to strengthen accountability, both in the use of AI by various platforms and in its use within newsrooms themselves, so that trust in the media is not eroded further because of this misuse of information?

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