Rita Lofano, director of the Agi press agencyis the winner of the “Woman is innovation“, created to enhance women who have made and make a difference in society and in the workplace and who are constantly committed to gender equality. The recognition was awarded during the “Nostalgia di Futuro 2023” event which has the specific objective of turning the spotlight on complex relationship between journalism and Artificial Intelligence.
Rita Lofano receives the Woman is Innovation award
Awarded in the “quality information” section, Lofano, they explain the reasons, «embodies the spirit of service of the profession and represents a role models for all aspiring journalists».
The director of AGI has worked at the news agency for 23 years: she was a correspondent from the United States for over 10 years and from there she reported, among other things, the elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to the White House and the most relevant political, economic and social developments of international importance.
The director of AGI received the “Woman is innovation” award
Artificial intelligence and journalism: a great challenge
The journalist in her acceptance speech underlined that «Artificial Intelligence must be governed, but it must go hand in hand with human intelligence». Then she recounted an experiment done before the event: «When I found out about the award ceremony I thought I’d have ChatGPT write my thanks. The experiment, however, was disappointing. From the text emerged a politically correct speech, but full of banalities”, added the director.
No veto, but regulation
The award ceremony for people and companies who have distinguished themselves in the field of digital culture took place at the headquarters of the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers in Rome. Among the protagonists also Alberto Barachini, undersecretary with responsibility for Information and Publishing and Forza Italia senator Maurizio Gasparri.
And the latter highlighted how “the network is a great opportunity, but also an area which, to date, does not pay taxes”. And therefore, “without blocking artificial intelligence, the biggest concern is the impotence of regulation», he concluded.
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