AP Insights Report: How artificial intelligence will impact journalism

Streamlining workflows, automating mundane tasks, crunching more data, digging out insights and generating additional outputs are just a few of the mega-wins that can result from putting smart machines to work in the service of journalism. Innovators throughout the news industry are collaborating with technology companies and academic researchers to push the envelope in a number of related areas, affecting all points on the news value chain from news gathering to production and distribution. This report captures some of the major trends and use cases that are emerging so far. First, we address the larger concerns related to implementing artificial intelligence in the newsroom: What are the risks associated with unchecked algorithmic news generation? How will these technologies disrupt workflows?