The organizers of the 2020 Online Journalism competition have announced the winners. Editor of the Sophi Automation news sites, who
Sophi uses technology that belongs toCanadian national newspapers The Globe and Mail. She is responsible for researching and curating 99% of published content, analyzing how each piece can contribute to an increase in subscribers and ad revenue.
Sophi was taught based on already written texts inThe Globe and Mail to understand how to build texts and which ones are most interesting to readers. After that, the AI set its own parameters and published simple materials without human intervention and additional data entry.
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“We had to build a system that ourthe news department could easily understand. He had to work flawlessly - so that live employees could trust him without problems. We developed this project in close collaboration with the news department, who tested it and provided constant feedback on Slack and in regular meetings. The news department is still working in collaboration with Sophi and so far they have the ability to reverse the autonomous decisions that the algorithm makes, ”the researchers note.
At the same time, they note that journalists should notworry about their jobs - Sophi takes on the most mundane work so authors can tackle less urgent and in-depth content. The editors of the publications note that artificial intelligence is great for creating simple materials, but human participation is still needed for reporting. The creators of the algorithm are not ready to predict when the algorithm will begin to cope with such stories.
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