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How algorithms and human journalists will need to work together

  • Written by Andreas Graefe, Endowed Sky Research Professor, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences
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Ever since the Associated Press automated the production and publication of quarterly earnings reports in 2014, algorithms that automatically generate news stories from structured, machine-readable data have been shaking up the news industry. The promises of this...

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