A newspaper in Japan is using AI to summarize news stories to get them out quicker.

First published in 1873, the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun is one of Japan's oldest dailies. Headquartered in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, it claims a morning-edition circulation of 487,000 copies and distribution to 61% of households in Nagano Prefecture. "The third-wave AI is set to become a trend of great relevance, and now is the time to make concerted efforts in improving the newspaper production workflow as well," says Hiroshi Misawa, the paper's managing director. The Shinmai, as it's known, plans to roll out the system in April for its cable TV news summary service, with an eye to speeding up news updates.