Generative journalism: The risk of newsrooms experimenting with AI tools that are still unreliable
By Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston The journalism industry has been under immense economic pressure over the past two decades, so it makes sense that journalists have started experimenting with generative AI to boost their productivity. An Associated Press survey published in April 2024 asked journalists about the use of generative artificial intelligence in their work. Nearly 70% of those who responded said they had used these tools to generate text, whether it was composing article drafts, crafting headlines or writing social media posts. A May 2024 global survey conducted by the...
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