Bloomberg Law is working on an AI-powered stylebook

The Bloomberg Law is working on a new AI-powered tool to help edit articles for style and cut down on the time editors spend copy editing articles, writes Marissa Horn for the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Horn writes, “The tool, called the Stylebook Assistant, will use a large language model to copy edit articles so they align with our newsroom’s specific style standards.

“There are text editors for professional publishers that already exist, like Tansa or Grammarly, that use AI or other technology to edit articles for grammar, sentence structure and tone. But the Stylebook Assistant provides a different take as an editing tool, moving its capabilities from centering around grammar editing to focusing on style editing.

“Most newsrooms follow standards set in the AP Stylebook, applying grammar, punctuation and usage rules to their sentences to maintain a standard format for all articles. Some newsrooms have their own entries that dictate style rules around particulars in the industries or localities they cover. But only a special handful of newsrooms, like The New York Times and Bloomberg Law, have their very own stylebook. And honestly, it’s very difficult to remember the nuances of rules when reporters and editors write articles for different newsrooms throughout their careers.”

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