# No News is Bad News: AI Agents, Information Value, Accountability & Democracy

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Podcast: [Cybercrimeology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybercrimeology-850766)
Published: 2026-06-01T04:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2047

## Resource

AI agents are changing how people find, consume and evaluate news. Dr. Aengus Bridgman from McGill University joins us to discuss how AI systems interact with journalism, what happens when news is summarized without clear attribution or compensation and why this matters for the future of the information environment.

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