New York Times / Cecilia Kang
OpenAI’s Sam Altman urges lawmakers to regulate AI →“I think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong. And we want to be vocal about that,” Altman said during a Senate subcommittee hearing. “We want to work with the government to prevent that from happening.”
New York Times / Tiff Fehr
International News Media Association (INMA) / Greg Piechota
News bundles are spreading across Europe →Publishers in five European markets introduced cable-style subscription bundles that include national and local news, magazines, podcasts, video, and other perks. In Norway, for example, Schibsted offered a “Full Tillgang” bundle with tabloid and quality news, national and local news, business news and advice, a news aggregator app, and podcasts.
the Guardian / Amy Hawkins
Open letter calls for release of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai →Signatories include Guardian editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, and Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa. Lai, who is 75 and was first arrested in 2020, is the founder and publisher of Apple Daily, a liberal newspaper that was forced to close in 2021 after the Chinese Communist party cracked down on pro-democracy protests.
Press Gazette / Bron Maher