Robot journalism is increasingly popular in the editorial offices
A robot named Toby generated nearly 40,000 news articles
about the results of the November 2018 Swiss national election for the media giant
Thamedia in just five minutes.
Types of artificial intelligence, such as bots (software robots), have been available for nearly ten years and are increasingly used in news houses for writing articles, personalized news delivery, and in some cases data retrieval to find important news.
Toby in French and German wrote the voting results for each of 2222 Swiss municipalities for the country's largest media group, according to a report published at a computer and journalist conference in Miami.
A similar automatic computer program called Heliograph has enabled the Washington Post to cover nearly 500 election races from 2014, along with local sports and business news.
"We are witnessing that the potential of artificial intelligence or robot journalism is increasingly being accepted in the world's editorial boards," said Damian Radcliffe, a professor at the University of Oregon, who follows consumer trends and business models in journalism.
-This systems can offer speed and accuracy and potentially support smaller editors and journalists pressured by deadlines.
The news houses say bots are not intended to replace journalists or editors, but to relieve them of the most troublesome tasks, such as rewriting sports results or stock market reports. The Norwegian news agency NTB automated sports reports to deliver the results of the games to users within 30 seconds.
The Los Angeles Times has developed a "quakebot" that quickly distributes soil erosion news in the region, and also uses an automated system in the black chronicle.
The Associated Press has automatic quarterly revenue reports for nearly 3,000 companies listed on the stock market, and this year announced plans for the Automated Insights to publish computer generated announcements about basketball basketball competitions. Reuters announced last year the launch of Lynx Insight, using automatic data analysis to identify trends and anomalies, and suggests what story journalists should write.
Types of artificial intelligence, such as bots (software robots), have been available for nearly ten years and are increasingly used in news houses for writing articles, personalized news delivery, and in some cases data retrieval to find important news.
Toby in French and German wrote the voting results for each of 2222 Swiss municipalities for the country's largest media group, according to a report published at a computer and journalist conference in Miami.
A similar automatic computer program called Heliograph has enabled the Washington Post to cover nearly 500 election races from 2014, along with local sports and business news.
"We are witnessing that the potential of artificial intelligence or robot journalism is increasingly being accepted in the world's editorial boards," said Damian Radcliffe, a professor at the University of Oregon, who follows consumer trends and business models in journalism.
-This systems can offer speed and accuracy and potentially support smaller editors and journalists pressured by deadlines.
The news houses say bots are not intended to replace journalists or editors, but to relieve them of the most troublesome tasks, such as rewriting sports results or stock market reports. The Norwegian news agency NTB automated sports reports to deliver the results of the games to users within 30 seconds.
The Los Angeles Times has developed a "quakebot" that quickly distributes soil erosion news in the region, and also uses an automated system in the black chronicle.
The Associated Press has automatic quarterly revenue reports for nearly 3,000 companies listed on the stock market, and this year announced plans for the Automated Insights to publish computer generated announcements about basketball basketball competitions. Reuters announced last year the launch of Lynx Insight, using automatic data analysis to identify trends and anomalies, and suggests what story journalists should write.
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