AMERICANS TEND NOT TO KNOW ABOUT AI IN JOURNALISM
... More Americans than ever before report getting their news from the very social media platforms using AI to provide them with their media while, at the same time, news makers are reporting on the dangers AI can pose to privacy, fairness, equality, safety, and security. ...
In 2018, Forbes introduced a publishing platform called “Bertie,” which uses AI to aid reporters with news articles by identifying trends, suggesting headlines, and providing visual content matching relevant stories. The Washington Post and Associated Press are also using AI to perform the role of journalist. Among the topics most often aided by AI is financial reporting. ...
Using an online survey in 2020, Owsley and coauthor associate professor Keith Greenwood found that less than half the respondents—48%—were certain that they had read, seen, or heard something about AI in the past year, another 40% could only say it was possible and only 25% of participants claimed to perceive AI as capable of writing or reporting news equal to or better than human journalists. ...
“If organizations are going to be thinking about adopting these AI technologies, one of the things they need to be asking is, ‘OK, how does this fit with what our audience needs or expects or how does it fit with who they think we are?'” he says. ...
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