AI’s free ride might be over: RSS pioneer launches RSL protocol to make AI pay for training data
Eckart Walther, co-creator of RSS, has launched Real Simple Licensing (RSL)—a protocol built for internet-scale licensing of training data.
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Eckart Walther, co-creator of RSS, has launched Real Simple Licensing (RSL)—a protocol built for internet-scale licensing of training data.

In an era when news consumption is increasingly fragmented and overwhelming and AI reshaping user behaviour, new technologies are being tested that could reshape how audiences engage with information.
On August 25, Hacks/Hackers will host a pivotal session — “AI Real Talk Series: Benchmarking AI Tools for Newsrooms: Measuring LLMs the Journalist Way” —
Digiday and ArcXP released the report about how newsrooms adopt AI and implement AI in their everyday routine — 'The State of AI in the Newsroom'.

GPT-5 is OpenAI's latest-generation large language model, officially released on August 7, 2025, representing a significant leap in intelligence over all previous models. This briefing outlines the key features, improvements, and specific implications for the journalism industry.
Over the past nine months, 35 small and medium-sized news organizations from around the world have developed and implemented AI-driven tools to tackle some of journalism’s most pressing challenges: fighting misinformation and disinformation, experimenting with new content formats, and identifying sustainable revenue models.
First half of 2025, Google’s AI-powered search innovations (AI Overviews, the experimental AI Mode, and AI summaries in Discover feeds) are reshaping how users access news content.

The 2025 Pugpig Media App Report captures a media industry in transition. With search traffic cratering and social referrals nearly extinct, publishers are forced to rethink their digital futures — and mobile apps are now the battleground.
The News Impact Summit, held in Warsaw in partnership with the Google News Initiative, brought together over 200 media professionals to tackle one of journalism’s most pressing questions: how can artificial intelligence be leveraged to enhance reporting while safeguarding the principles of integrity, transparency, and public trust?
The JournalismAI Festival, an annual event for media professionals, will return in-person to London on November 11-12, 2025, after several years as a virtual gathering.