The newly appointed Digital and Social Producer at ABC Gamer, the former Kotaku managing editor David Smith, has told Influencing, “We have a lot of goals that we want to achieve. One of my personal goals is to ensure the ABC Gamer Team produces great Australian gaming journalism content because that’s something we need, especially in Australia after Kotaku Australia closed down.” Smith said he is “super stoked” about joining ABC Gamer and has already laid out clear goals for what he wants to achieve with the publication.   “In my opinion, ABC is very sympathetic to the idea that Australia needs great gaming coverage and that there is space for the ABC Gamer team to do that. “I’ll also be involved in creating and working on the editorial strategy, including figuring out what that ABC Gamer YouTube channel looks like for 2025 and beyond. We already have some ideas about what we’re doing, and we’re looking at working with new people.  “There’s some reall

  Guardian Media Group has announced a strategic partnership with Open AI intelligence and deployment that will bring the Guardian’s journalism to ChatGPT’s global users. IT industry publications have widely examined the potential benefits - see today’s Epitome for links.  Under the new partnership, Guardian reporting and archive journalism will be available as a news source within ChatGPT, alongside the publication of attributed short summaries and article extracts. The deal will ensure The Guardian receives compensation for the use of its journalism on ChatGPT and gets properly credited on the platform. In addition, the Guardian will also roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to develop new products, features and tools. This announcement comes a year after the Guardian published its approach to AI, focused on ensuring that any use of genAI is under human oversight and for the benefit of its readers, its business and its wider mission. This considered approach to AI continu

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH editor Bevan Shields pictured above) and The Age will be available to university and campus staff at a special rate, marking the first time owners Nine have developed a direct subscription model for students and faculty offering full access to premium digital content. The University of Sydney is the first to adopt the initiative as it launches Welcome Fest today - Wednesday, 19 February.  The launch will be supported by a marketing campaign and an on-campus activation during Welcome Fest, featuring Sydney Morning Herald journalists and photographers, giveaways, and prizes. The initiative aims to enhance student engagement with digital news and current affairs, says Nine. The plan is to roll out the offer to universities nationwide. SMH editor Bevan Shields said: “The arrangement between The Sydney Morning Herald and the University of Sydney will make our award-winning journalism more available to an audience which may otherwise struggle to acces

An ABC radio interview with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led to 21 compaints to the ABC Ombudsman. Radio host Stewart Brash at ABC Alice Spring Breakfast on February 7 suggested in an interview with the PM he was 'on the nose' with voters and his popularity was slipping. The robust interview led to the complaints from members of the public claiming bias and lack of impartiality. The ABC Ombudsman’s report on the Brash/Albanese interview reveals 21 complaints were made over the interview with Mr Albanese. “The complainants were concerned that the interview lacked impartiality because the interviewer asked questions that demonstrated a pro-Coalition bias and repeatedly interrupted the Prime Minister,” the report said. But the Ombudsman found Mr Brash had not breached the ABC’s editorial standards for impartiality, saying the host “posed challenging questions and interjected at times to seek additional clarification”. There's no doubt the PM's popularity h

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to OpenAI directing a response to an application filed by the Indian Music Industry (IMI) group. The application seeks to intervene in the copyright lawsuit by news agency Asian News International (ANI) against the AI giant, according to The Economic Times. The Indian Music Industry Group, which comprises Saregama India and T-Series, has raised concerns over the improper use of their sound recordings in AI model training. Emphasising the need to keep the suit focused, Justice Amit Bansal stated, “We can’t keep expanding the scope of the suit. You can file your own suit,” according to Bar & Bench’s post on X. The court will hear the case on February 21, March 11 and 18. ANI filed a lawsuit against the US AI giant OpenAI in November 2024, accusing it of using its published content to train its chatbot without consent. OpenAI denied the allegations, stating that their systems make “fair use of publicly available data”. The Federa