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How AI Is Reshaping the Newsroom at Yahoo
Kat Downs Mulder
SVP & GM · Yahoo News
AI & Journalism · 8:46
Las Vegas · August 2026
Las Vegas · August 2026
What it takes to build an AI-powered newsroom without losing the editorial judgment, trust, and human perspective journalism depends on.
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The question we asked
“What does it take to build an AI-powered newsroom without losing editorial judgment and trust?”
The Field Note
An AI-native newsroom is not a layer of tools placed on top of journalism. It changes the editorial, product, and business systems that shape how information reaches an audience.
The opportunity is to support journalists and editors while keeping human judgment visible in personalization, workflow, and audience experience.
Three things to take away
- 01Editorial and product teams must design AI systems together.
- 02Trust is part of the product architecture of news.
- 03AI can expand journalistic capacity without replacing editorial judgment.