In the digital age, summarizing news with artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a popular tool, helping users access information faster amidst the news every day.
Many large technology corporations have integrated AI into search engines and news reading platforms, providing short summaries instead of direct access to original articles.
However, experts warn that this approach not only does not eliminate the situation of unobjective reporting, but also poses many risks for both readers and the press.
Earlier this year, The Guardian published a study showing that replacing search results with summaries created by AI could have a devastating impact on online media.
According to this study, access to news sites has decreased by 80% when users only read AI summaries without clicking on the source of the article.
This not only affects press revenue but also weakens the role of newsrooms in providing complete and verified information.
More importantly, media experts believe that summaries created by AI cannot ensure accuracy and neutrality.
In a recent interview on the No Spin News program, Mr. Tim Graham, Communications Analysis Director at the Center for Media Studies (USA), said that whether it's Grok, ChatGPT or Gemini, AI platforms all have a common problem of being dependent on input data sources that can already be biased.
When AI considers these sources reliable, bias will be recreated and amplified in the summary.
Media bias is inherently a common phenomenon, originating from personal views, economic interests or editing orientations of each press agency.
According to Mr. Mrinal Chatterjee, Professor at the Institute of Public Communications of India, AI is currently not capable of filtering these prejudices.
Artificial intelligence lacks common knowledge and social context to identify what is biased and what is balanced information. Integrating prejudice filtering mechanisms into AI will take a lot of time," Mr. Mrinal Chatterjee said.
Dr. Chatterjee also emphasized that ultimate responsibility still lies with humans. Readers need to use knowledge, experience and critical thinking to self-assess information.
According to him, media bias may stem from two reasons: intentional influence or professional errors. Not all press agencies are biased, but this possibility always exists.
To limit risks, readers can use media bias analysis tools such as AllSides, which is a platform that provides assessments of political trends and the level of bias of many news agencies around the world.
Recently, the White House also launched an information portal to monitor media bias in the US, publicizing cases of false reporting and lists of repeat offenders.
Experts believe that AI may be a tool to support fast news reading, but it cannot completely replace access to the origin of articles and human critical thinking.
In the context of increasingly complex information, the ability to analyze independently is still the most important "shield" to help the public avoid being led by media bias.
