Categories: OLD Media Moves

April Fools’: Quartz hires artificially intelligent tech reporter

Business news site Quartz announced Wednesday that it has hired tech reporter Marvin Prime, whose insights are entirely the product of artificial intelligence.

A story on its website states, “‘We believe our global reporting needs a local touch — that’s why we look for hires with on-the-ground experience and language skills,’ Quartz editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney said. ‘Creating a reporter who is fluent in Markov chaining to cover Silicon Valley was a no-brainer.’

“Bowing to trends in the media industry, Prime will publish all of his insights directly to Twitter. Follow @MarvinPrime for his wisdom.”

“‘I am continually surprised how many people in tech are open to constructive criticism from the media,’ Prime said.”

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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.