By adnews.com.au
Publication Date: 2026-01-27 00:00:00
Artificial intelligence platforms are changing the way Australians engage with news, empowering global media giants while marginalizing local journalists, media outlets and communities, according to a University of Sydney study.
A study by Timothy Koskie of the Center for AI, Trust and Governance in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences examined hundreds of AI-generated news summaries on Microsoft’s Copilot and found that they systematically favored international media over local sources while deleting the journalists and newsrooms that produced the stories.
“AI-generated news summaries may provide elegant, automated access to information, but in reality they exacerbate existing inequalities in the Australian media ecosystem,” Dr. Koskie.
“AI favors dominant international sources and sidelines independent and regional media, silencing journalists.”
Koskie warned that if the AI platforms were left unchecked, it would lead to an erosion of local journalism…