Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab writes about how The Wall Street Journal is using artificial intelligence.
Scire writes, “Over at The Wall Street Journal, AI-generated summaries come as three bullet points called ‘Key Points.’ Here’s what the feature looks like on an exclusive about economists questioning the U.S. inflation data:
“‘Trust and transparency with our audiences are core to our mission,’ said Tess Jeffers, director of newsroom data and AI for The Wall Street Journal. Every AI-generated summary prominently features a ‘What’s this?’ button that quickly explains the feature to readers.
“‘An artificial-intelligence tool created this summary, which was based on the text of the article and checked by an editor,’ the Journal tells readers who click on the ‘What’s this?’ button. ‘Read more about how we use artificial intelligence in our journalism.’
“The Journal first began working on the feature in early 2024.
“‘Initially, the work was scoped for our Newswires product, targeted towards B2B clients who want key information without necessarily reading the full article text,’ Jeffers noted. ‘Once the AI workflow was built into the CMS, however, we could leverage the summaries in other places.'”
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