AI Journalism: A Second Chance for News Media - Robot Writers AI

Artificial intelligence generated writing and similar tools are offering journalists a second chance to reconnect with the public and up-their-game, according to Charlie Becket. The researcher is director of the Media Policy Project, sponsored by the London School of Economics and Political Science. "AI in its broadest sense provides all sorts of opportunities for journalism – and journalism needs all the help it can get right now," Beckett says. The reason: "A few years ago, a couple of companies said they would be able to replace journalists within a few years, Van der Lee, says. It's a boast that turned out to be untrue. Instead, AI systems like Van der Lee's – which can generate short sports stories, which detail results of thousands of local soccer matches on a regular basis – are all about doing rote work. That frees-up journalists to write more complex, more insightful news stories and features, according to Van der Lee. "Robots will never write as well as people," Van der Lee says. It's an AI editor that works in popular Web browsers. The new feature on the AI editing tool can offer suggestions to create a writing tone that is neutral, confident, joyful, optimistic, friendly, urgent, analytical or respectful. Currently, Grammarly's tone analysis is available for Google Chrome users only. The toolmaker's plan in coming months is to roll-out the feature to Firefox, Safari and other popular browsers. It's a step-by-step guide on how to get started using AI-generated writing for public relations, marketing and similar endeavors in content generation. "Today, instead of three-to-five hours, reports take us 10 minutes to write," Moehring says. "The reports are delivered on the first business day of the month.