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Australian journalism ‘sidelined’ in AI-generated news summaries on Copilot, research shows

ai (artificial intelligence)January 24, 20261 min readAttributed summary
Australian journalism ‘sidelined’ in AI-generated news summaries on Copilot, research shows
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Australian journalism is largely “invisible” in AI-generated news summaries from Microsoft Copilot, which overwhelmingly favour US or European media, research by the University of Sydney has found.

Roughly one-fifth of responses to Copilot news prompts feature links to Australian media sources, according to researcher Dr Timothy Koskie from the university’s Centre for AI, Trust and Governance.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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