AI Disclosure Models for News: A Practical & Nuanced Approach

Part 3 of CNTI’s convening series on enabling the benefits and managing the harms of artificial intelligence in journalism will be co-hosted and co-sponsored by our friends at Thomson Foundation and held in Brussels, Belgium.


The goal of this third session is to have a thoughtful, evidence-based conversation about how journalism providers can best inform the public about uses of AI and other technology. Research to date finds that some current forms are not effective and may have a negative impact on the public’s trust in news. How can the news industry work towards a more unified, practical system that is meaningful to the public? What do AI companies need to share with journalists to make disclosures meaningful and what is the best way for governments to support their development and use?

CNTI Hosts: Amy Mitchell, Executive Director & Craig Forman, Executive Chair

Thomson Foundation Hosts: Caro Kriel, Chief Executive & Federica Varalda, Managing Director – Development

Moderator: Tanit Koch, Journalist/Co-Owner, The New European (CNTI Advisory Committee)

CNTI’s cross-industry convenings espouse evidence-based, thoughtful conversations about the issue at hand with an eye toward feasible steps forward. To that end, this convening will adhere to a slightly amended Chatham House Rule:

1. Individuals are invited as leading thinkers from important parts of our digital news environment and as critical voices to finding feasible solutions. For the purposes of transparency, CNTI feels it is important to publicly list all attendees and affiliations present. Any reporting on the event, including CNTI’s reports summarizing key takeaways and next steps, can share information (including unattributed quotes) but cannot explicitly or implicitly identify who said what, without explicit, prior approval from the speaker.

2. CNTI does request the use of photo and video at convenings. Videography is intended to help with the summary report. Any public use of video clips with dialogue by CNTI or its co-hosts requires the explicit, advance consent of the subject.

3. To maintain focus on the discussion at hand, we ask that there be no external posting during the event itself.