#Google is funding a new software project that will automate writing local news - Recode
▻https://www.recode.net/2017/7/7/15937436/google-news-media-robots-automate-writing-local-news-stories
Appelé “radar project”,
The #Radar_project, [...], plans to cover issues of local importance, digging into government datasets to find stories that matter. That kind of news judgement takes a deep understanding of social, political and local contexts, which humans are better suited to determine than software. The team of journalists who work on the project will likely be key to making it a success.
Still, Clifton says that this type of automated reporting can go a long way at a time of extreme financial pressures on media outlets, helping to cover important local stories — albeit with fewer people involved in the process.
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