AI without the hype: Practical takes on agents in news production workflows
Copy and paste the recipe of one of my custom GPT agents, the “pipeline architect.” It will tell you something you may not like to hear: that AI agents do not replace structure and automation; they depend on them, including the very boring plumbing.
AI answers are becoming the default interface to information. In three ordinary searches, I got what I needed from Gemini and almost never reached journalism. That gap is the Gemini barrier: when answers satisfy intent before reporting is discovered. The question is not whether journalists should write, but how they should publish so that answers still lead to them.