Reuters is offering AI tools for its customers

Reuters announced Thursday that it’s now offering artificial intelligence tools for its customers, including video transcription and translation.

The tools were developed in-house at Reuters to meet its standards for accuracy and reliability.

Instant translations can be downloaded and used as subtitles, while the transcriptions in multiple languages allow it to be searched in different languages.

“This AI suite underscores Reuters commitment to leveraging technology to improve customers’ workflows and transform the media landscape,” said Alphonse Hardel, head of Reuters News Agency, in a statement. “The Reuters AI Suite is designed to provide seamless integration and a superior user experience with tools approved and vetted according to Reuters high standards, ensuring our customers can produce high-quality content quickly and efficiently. This launch is just the start of an exciting roadmap for the AI Suite.”

Reuters will be launching its AI Suite at the NAB Show in Las Vegas and will be adding new tools, including scene detection and synthetic voice, throughout the year.

Its parent, Thomson Reuters, has agreed to make a $200 million annual investment in artificial intelligence.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.