Can ChatGPT fact-check? We tested.

Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2023 11:02 am

Grace Abels | for Poynter

Robots have a long history of replacing humans in the workplace. Automobile workers, elevator operators, bank tellers, gas station attendants, even grocery store checkout clerks have felt the squeeze.

With ground-breaking artificial intelligence advances, reporters at PolitiFact had to wonder … are the fact-checkers next?

Click here to read more.

Comments

No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here

Scroll the Latest Job Opportunities From The Media Job Board

#NewsPeople on the move

Jen Glennon named editor in chief of Kotaku

G/O Media has named seasoned journalist Jen Glennon as editor in chief of Kotaku, one of the nation’s leading digital media outlets for gaming news. She starts on Oct. 10.

Kyle Pope to leave Columbia Journalism Review to join Covering Climate Now

Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review since 2016, is leaving to focus on climate change journalism.

Campbell Brown, who led Facebook News, leaves Meta

Campbell Brown’s exit indicates how Meta’s priorities around news and its relationships with media companies have changed.

SPJ elects 2023-24 board of directors and regional coordinators

The Society of Professional Journalists swore in its 107th president, Ashanti Blaize-Hopkins, and its membership has elected the 2023-24 board of directors and regional coordinators.

The New York Times announces plans to expand Well

The New York Times is further investing in Well to expand its coverage, with a sizable number of reporters, editors and visual journalists joining the desk.

See more NewsPeople

E&P Exclusives

Preparing for and reporting on wildfires

For the past 37 years, Kent Porter has been a staff photographer for The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, California. Photographing fires wasn’t meant to be his beat, but he is now an expert. He recounted to E&P how he’s seen whipping winds, leaping flames, falling branches from burning trees, and the horrors of communities charred and disintegrated.

NPR Disinformation Team. Restoring trust in journalism.

News outlets are constantly challenged to counter purposeful disinformation with journalistic integrity and verified facts. In response to the increasing falsehoods about the 2020 election results, NPR created a small team in early 2021 to report on the epidemic of disinformation. When their stories received positive feedback, management made the group permanent as the NPR Disinformation Team.

Houston Landing practices people-centered journalism

In early June, Houston Landing formally launched under the direction of CEO Peter Bhatia. A former editor, Bhatia is now at the helm of the business model — nonprofit, purely digital and expressly focused on Houston’s underserved communities. They solicit donations and members, but the journalism is free.

Read E&P Exlcusives

Can ChatGPT fact-check? We tested.

Comments

Josh Kruger murder: Police ID person of interest in killing of Philadelphia journalist

URL Media creates new digital platform to curate and showcase partner stories and center communities of color

Bloomberg Media and the ANA Global CMO Growth Council announce first of its kind partnership focused on AI

Meet the 36 winners of the 2023 LION Local Journalism Awards

Preparing for and reporting on wildfires

NPR Disinformation Team. Restoring trust in journalism.

Agenda Watch: Shining a bright light on local government meetings, agendas and documents

Houston Landing practices people-centered journalism