WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries

The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of its news stories, reports Jay Peters of The Verge. Peters reports, “The summaries appear as a ‘Key Points’ box with bullets summarizing the piece. The Verge spotted the test on a story about Trump’s plans for the Department of Education, and the Journal confirmed it’s trialing […]

How the FT is using AI for its comments section

Marcela Kunova of Journalism.co.uk writes about how the Financial Times is using artificial intelligence to review comments on its articles. Kunova writes, “After starting to use the tool, rather than accepting every decision the machine has made, the human moderators checked each decision manually. It took a couple of months to get the moderating decisions right: […]

How Harvard Biz Review is leaning into artificial intelligence

Pierre de Villiers of FIPP, a global media trade association, writes about how the Harvard Business Review is using artificial intelligence. De Villiers writes, Harvard Business Publishing Co-President Sarah “McConville believes AI will help HBR and the rest of the media industry to enter an age of hyper personalisation. “”We are thinking about our subscription […]

Bloomberg now providing artificial intelligence summaries

Bloomberg is now providing artificial intelligence summaries of company’s earnings calls on its terminal. The company has developed a tool that will look for news-related topics in earnings calls, such as guidance, capital allocation, hiring and labor plans, the macro environment, new products, supply chain issues, and consumer demand. “We continue to revolutionize the research […]

FT launches app for its digital paper

The Financial Times has launched an app version of the FT Digital Edition, a digital replica of the print newspaper designed for easy reading on any device. The FT Digital Edition, previously known as the ePaper, allows users to skim through curated content published in the print edition of the FT. The app headline and article […]

How Insider and Business Insider will use artificial intelligence

Insider executive editor Julie Gerstein sent out the following to the staff on Friday: I am sending an update on the AI pilot group’s progress and offering some newsroom-wide guidance as we explore the possibilities of working with AI tools. Over the next six weeks, the pilot group will test a series of prompts and hacks. Each […]

Parent of Quartz, Gizmodo to begin testing artificial intelligence

G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown told the staff of the company, which includes tech news site Gizmodo and financial news site Quartz, that it will begin testing AI-produced stories. Brown writes: Editorial team, I am writing to advice you of a new context feature that will be added into the mix at G/O publications. […]

Register for the Tech Cities webinar 2022

Technology has touched every part of our existence in a vital way. Tech not only plays a key role in our everyday lives but has impacted economies and industries globally. To further highlight this important topic in detail, the Tech Cities webinar is scheduled for Oct. 27, with the following timings: U.S./CAN 11:00 a.m. EST […]

Apple is looking for a senior copywriter

TITLE 1 line about the job ABOUT THE COMPANY Apple hardware, software, and services work together to give your employees the power and flexibility to do whatever needs doing — whether you’re running a startup, scale-up, or global enterprise. ABOUT THE ROLE Reporting directly to the Creative Director you will be responsible for the copy output from the brand […]

Rest of World Feature Reporting is looking for writers

Rest of World is looking for proposal writers. ABOUT THE COMPANY We are pleased to announce the launch of the Rest of World Feature Reporting Fellowship to help an early-career journalist or recent journalism school graduate embark on an ambitious, reported feature story about the effects of technology in the regions that Rest of World […]