Artificial intelligence is remixing journalism into a “soup” of language
The rise of the robot reporter implies profound changes to the nature of the news
A sensational scoop was tweeted last month by America’s National Public Radio: Elon Musk’s “massive space sex rocket” had exploded on launch. Alas, it turned out to be an automated mistranscription of SpaceX, the billionaire’s rocketry firm. The error may be a taste of what is to come as artificial intelligence (AI) plays a bigger role in newsrooms.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Ghost writers”
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