Opinion: Artificial intelligence in the newsroom: Tool or threat?
Photo courtesy of Tera Windstead on Pexels.com If artificial intelligence can fully replace journalists, then journalism has already failed. AI can become an asset to newsrooms, but it cannot take on the human role without compromising the credibility on which the industry itself is based. AI is already part of the most important newsrooms. In 2014, The Associated Press introduced Automated Insights into its newsroom to produce more than 3,000 earnings reports, bringing the world of journalism into contact with that of artificial intelligence. Before the introduction of artificial support, The Associated Press was able to produce about 300 reports…