HKFP's commitment to human-powered journalism
An AI tool cannot ask Hongkongers for reactions, pick up the phone, attend a court hearing or press event, or understand the nuances of a rapidly-changing city and press freedom landscape. Quality journalism needs boots on the ground.
News stories written with generative AI have been proven to introduce undeclared errors or 'hallucinated' content, as well as produce biased, outdated or plagiarised content.
Few AI tools include proper sourcing or attribution information, therefore HKFP does not, and will not, adopt generative AI for any news writing, news image generation or fact-checking.
HKFP readers can always be assured that our output is the work of our dedicated journalists and freelancers.
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The 2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report also revealed scepticism among audiences when it comes to the use of AI in newsrooms. Only 19 per cent of those surveyed in the US, and just 15 per cent of Europeans, were comfortable with AI taking the lead in news production, even if it had some human oversight. According to the report, respondents accepted that AI could make news cheaper to produce, and more timely, but a significant proportion believed AI would have a detrimental effect on transparency, accuracy and trustworthiness.
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