At the News Agents Lab, we study how socially interactive AI is redefining how citizens learn about and engage with news. Our team regularly breaks down these complex changes in interviews across print, broadcast, and digital media.

Browse our recent features below to see how our research is helping shape the public debate. We share these insights to foster a broader, better-informed public conversation about the future of human–AI communication.

28 November 2024 | Media Feature

VU Journalist Report: Embodied AI and News Trust
News Agents Lab co-PI Sílvia Majó-Vázquez and Research Assistant Summer Skillen featured in a video report produced by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam journalism graduates Amani Maniran, Nisanur Ari, and Lobke de Jong. In the interview, they outline the Lab’s ongoing research into how AI-mediated news consumption reshapes audience trust and examine the emerging role of embodied AI agents as news distributors.

30 January 2025 | Media Feature

VPRO Magazine: The Global Rise of AI Avatars in News
News Agents Lab Principal Investigators Silvia Majó-Vázquez and Daniel Preciado Vanegas were interviewed by Dutch outlet VPRO Magazine for a special report on the increasing global adoption of AI avatars in journalism. Speaking with journalist Hans van Wetering, they highlighted the Lab’s ongoing research into public attitudes toward AI devices and examined how news consumption transforms when artificial agents act as news presenters.