Newspaper conglomerate Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of its articles
by Mia Sato from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MW51)
Photo: Getty Images Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points at the top of journalists' stories, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge.
The AI feature, labeled key points" on stories, uses automated technology to create summaries that appear below a headline. The bottom of articles includes a disclaimer, reading, The Key Points at the top of this article were created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and reviewed by a journalist before publication. No other parts of the article were generated using AI." The memo is dated May 14th and notes that participation is optional at this point.
The summaries appear to already be live on some USA...