AI can summarise a major news story, combine several reports and produce a confident answer in seconds. But do we know which sources it relied on, what context disappeared or whether the answer is correct?

To mark World News Day, Lynlee Foo speaks with Jeremy Au Yong, Associate Editor at The Straits Times and co-writer of its World News Day editorial. They discuss how AI is changing the way we find and consume news, how it is being used inside newsrooms, and why human judgment, transparency and accountability still matter.