Newspaper giant pauses AI experiment after readers mock bizarre sports reporting

Fox News correspondent Grady Trimble has the latest on fears the technology will spiral out of control on'Special Report.' Gannett, the parent company for USA Today and a number of local newspapers, has paused an artificial intelligence experiment following criticisms that AI-generated sports articles were awkwardly phrased and lacked details. A handful of Gannett-owned papers briefly published AI-generated sports stories this month based on box score data, Axios reported, which were quickly met with condemnation from social media commenters. The Columbus Dispatch is one of a handful of the newspapers that faced criticisms for awkward phrasing, such as describing a high school football game as "high school football action," which left readers calling the article "terrible." Other awkward phrasing included AI describing the Ohio game as a "close encounter of the athletic kind," according to Axios.