Ep. 1 – Legitimate Cofounders Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly on the Future of Journalism and AI Artwork

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Ep. 1 – Legitimate Cofounders Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly on the Future of Journalism and AI

March 20, 2024 • Caoimhe Donnelly, Gerard Donnelly • Episode 1

For The Upgrade’s inaugural episode, Peter talked with Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly, the founders of Legitimate. Their new platform uses AI tools to help journalists save time, easily connect with reliable sources, produce groundbreaking reporting and fight misinformation. It’s a surprisingly optimistic conversation about the future of journalism in the age of AI.

Show notes:

(1:00) The origin story of Legitimate

(5:12) How Legitimate benefits journalists

(7:40) Peter and the guests take a look under the platform’s hood

(11:29) How the founders stop their AI tools from hallucinating

(14:29) Cicero, Oh Cicero

(16:13) Wait, so you’re telling me AI isn’t going to kill journalism?

(21:31) What publishers can do to protect their content from large language models

(26:00) The unfortunate truth about bad actors on the internet stealing content

(27:25) Legitimate’s founders weigh in on the anthropomorphism of AI tools

Where to find the Legitimate team:

https://legitimate.net/