Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

How can can journalists use metaprompting to let AI build system instructions for assistants to empower investigations? Through examples of iterative metaprompting Rune Ytreberg will show you how to master the art of efficient prompting, and use metaprompting to build AI assistants to unlock the black box that is AI.

After attending this session you will be able to use advanced prompting techniques (meta-prompting) to use a large language model (LLM) to make system instructions. These advanced prompts are detailed instructions that customize AI assistants supporting investigations. Among others they are used in Open AI and Anthropic projects, and RAG platforms like Kotaemon or Anything LLM.

You need no special knowledge to attend this session, but if you would like to follow along on your computer you will need some basic knowledge of prompting tools such as Chat GPT, Claude or similar, and will need to have signed up for a paid version of your chosen AI platform before the session.