Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking

Abolfazl Ansari; Delvin Ce Zhang; Nafis Irtiza Tripto; Dongwon Lee

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1

Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking

Abolfazl Ansari
, Delvin Ce Zhang
, Nafis Irtiza Tripto
, Dongwon Lee

College of Information Sciences and Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

The rapid rise of Generative AI (GenAI), particularly LLMs, poses concerns for journalistic integrity and authorship. This study examines AI-generated content across over 40,000 news articles from major, local, and college news media, in various media formats. Using three advanced AI-text detectors (e.g., Binoculars, Fast-Detect GPT, and GPTZero), we find substantial increase of GenAI use in recent years, especially in local and college news. Sentence-level analysis reveals LLMs are often used in the introduction of news, while conclusions usually written manually. Linguistic analysis shows GenAI boosts word richness and readability but lowers formality, leading to more uniform writing styles, particularly in local media.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings
Editors	Robert Thomson, Aryn A Pyke, Scott Renshaw, Patrick Park, Samer Al-khateeb, Annetta Burger
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	3-13
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783032077141
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1
State	Published - 2026
Event	18th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2025 - Pittsburgh, United States Duration: Oct 14 2025 → Oct 17 2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	16127 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	10/14/25 → 10/17/25

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1

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Ansari, A., Zhang, D. C., Tripto, N. I., & Lee, D. (2026). Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking. In R. Thomson, A. A. Pyke, S. Renshaw, P. Park, S. Al-khateeb, & A. Burger (Eds.), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings (pp. 3-13). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 16127 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1

Ansari, Abolfazl ; Zhang, Delvin Ce ; Tripto, Nafis Irtiza et al. / Echoes of Automation : The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking. Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings. editor / Robert Thomson ; Aryn A Pyke ; Scott Renshaw ; Patrick Park ; Samer Al-khateeb ; Annetta Burger. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. pp. 3-13 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Ansari, A, Zhang, DC, Tripto, NI & Lee, D 2026, Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking. in R Thomson, AA Pyke, S Renshaw, P Park, S Al-khateeb & A Burger (eds), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 16127 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 3-13, 18th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Pittsburgh, United States, 10/14/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1

Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking. / Ansari, Abolfazl; Zhang, Delvin Ce; Tripto, Nafis Irtiza et al.
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings. ed. / Robert Thomson; Aryn A Pyke; Scott Renshaw; Patrick Park; Samer Al-khateeb; Annetta Burger. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. p. 3-13 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 16127 LNCS).

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Ansari A, Zhang DC, Tripto NI, Lee D. Echoes of Automation: The Increasing Use of LLMs in Newsmaking. In Thomson R, Pyke AA, Renshaw S, Park P, Al-khateeb S, Burger A, editors, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 18th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2026. p. 3-13. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-07715-8_1