Greetings human—I mean, hey, did you know that robots have learned how to write? And I don’t mean they can print out words that someone else wrote; they can now literally produce fact-based news writing all on their own, and the Associated Press will soon have them doing just that.
Poynter reports that the AP is planning to institute content-generation software called Automated Insights to create data-driven stories in the areas of business, finance, and sports, where such a thing would be most applicable. AP Managing Editor Lou Ferrara said that the software will mean an increase in stories on business earnings reports from 300 human-created stories to 4,400 bot-generated ones in a given quarter.
via The Mary Sue
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