My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart

In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her

What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

Giving publishers power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications

Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake

Picture was created by administrator in charge of station’s Facebook account who wanted to create ‘friendlier image’

Guardian journalists win across categories at Press Awards in London

Political editor Pippa Crerar and features writer Simon Hattenstone top major categories and Malak A Tantesh wins for Gaza reporting

Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds

Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025

Senior European journalist suspended over AI-generated quotes

Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he ‘fell into trap of hallucinations’, after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chief

Binance sues Wall Street Journal over reporting on Iranian sanctions

Journal reported that cryptocurrency exchange shut down internal investigation into transactions with network funding terror groups

Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post

Tech giant reports $213bn in revenue after its founder, who owns the Post, lays off a third of newspaper’s employees

David Furnish calls alleged phone hacks of him and Elton John ‘an abomination’

Furnish says he and his husband felt ‘violated’ by the Daily Mail, which allegedly used information gained unlawfully

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos stays silent as employees brace for cuts

Bezos has not publicly responded to several letters sent by Post staffers urging him to curb potential layoffs

AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says

The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use

Seized review – captivating documentary goes inside a shocking newspaper raid

The story of the Marion County Record and the forces that tried to destroy it is expanded for a charming, and concerning, look at freedom of the press

UK media groups should be allowed to opt out of Google AI Overviews, CMA says

News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summaries

Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’

Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report finds

Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets

News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their content