TechCrunch seeks a senior reporter to cover AI
TechCrunch is seeking a Senior Writer who’s deeply intrigued by the AI arms race and can distill it into compelling stories for a diverse audience: from seasoned founders and investors to those just beginning to grasp tech’s influence on the world. Bonus points if you can cover a broad range of topics with authority and […]
What’s behind the FT’s AI-powered paywall
The Financial Times’s AI-powered paywall has helped improve key subscription business metrics, such as average revenue per user and lifetime value, but it hasn’t led to more readers converting into subscribers, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione writes, “The paywall went live to 95% of the FT’s global readers that have opted in to sharing […]
AI-generated articles appearing on Quartz
Riley MacLeod of Aftermath writes about the proliferation of artificial intelligence-generated articles on financial news site Quartz. MacLeod writes, “As of publishing, the ‘Quartz Intelligence Newsroom’ has written 22 articles today, running the gamut from earnings reports to Reddit communities banning Twitter posts to the Sackler settlement to, delightfully, a couple articles about how much AI […]
What’s behind the AI news summaries on the Bloomberg terminal
Max Bowie of Waters Technology interviewed Adela Quinones, global head of news discovery at Bloomberg, about its artificial intelligence-generated news summaries. Bowie writes, “‘There’s a world of content and context that clients need to consumer, and it’s constantly growing. So, we’re thinking about how to make that easier to consume,” she says. “The summaries are designed […]
Financial Times hires Heikkilä as AI correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Melissa Heikkilä as its artificial intelligence correspondent. She will start on Jan. 27. Heikkilä is currently senior reporter for artificial intelligence at MIT Technology Review, where she has worked since May 2022. She previously worked at Politico Europe as an AI correspondent and a technology reporter. She also worked at […]
MIT Tech Review seeks an AI reporter
MIT Technology Review is seeking an ambitious technology reporter to join our team of award-winning journalists to cover artificial intelligence. The reporter will cover company news, cutting edge advancements in the field, policy developments and legislation, and misuses and abuses of the technology. The reporter should have a robust network of sources, and a demonstrated […]
Bloomberg starts AI-generated news summaries
Bloomberg has launched artificial intelligence news summaries on its terminal. The move follows the company’s AI-generated earnings call summaries. The news summaries are three bullet points at the top of Bloomberg News content on the terminal. These are evaluated by the company’s subject matter experts to refine the large language model’s performance. The summaries are […]
Bloomberg’s Micklethwait on how AI will change journalism
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait writes about how artificial intelligence will change journalism. Micklethwait writes, “But I will submit that our newsroom at Bloomberg is quite a good laboratory to look for clues as to how this revolution might progress. Partly because we use more technology, including early versions of AI, than anywhere else. Out […]
Thomson Reuters CEO: AI will not replace journalists
Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker was interviewed by the Toronto Star about his career and the future of technology in journalism. Here is an excerpt: Does that mean their jobs may be at risk? We believe professionals will not be replaced by AI but might be by people using AI. We see it as a […]
AI is helping Business Insider punch above its weight class
Business Insider’s chief technology officer says advancements in AI technology are helping the publisher “to do a bit more to punch above our weight class,” reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “This autumn Business Insider released an AI-powered search tool on its website based on its own archive. “Also this year, the site implemented a […]
