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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade Media correspondent

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

The Microsoft Copilot logo is displayed on a smartphone screen
The majority of Copilot’s AI-generated answers linked to US websites, and in three of the seven news prompts studied, no Australian sources appeared, researchers found. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

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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