‘Reuters is building an AI tool to help journalists analyse data, suggest story ideas, and even write some sentences, aiming not to replace reporters but instead augment them with a digital data scientist-cum-copywriting assistant.’
Wired UK reports hows Reuters is using a proprietary AI tool that provides context-sensitive suggestions to writers at the desktop. Reuters executive Reg Chua says the objective is to build the ‘cybernetic newsroom’, where computer and human skills complement each other.
Reuters is taking a big gamble on AI-supported journalism
WIRED U.K. | March 2018 | by Nicole Kobie