The Associated Press published a story Tuesday that contained no byline. It wasn’t a mistake — not a slip-up on the part of the editor. But rather the story’s author was not human; it was written by a robot.
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“Automation was never about replacing jobs,” AP vice president and managing editor Lou Ferrara said. “It has always been about how we can best use the resources we have in a rapidly changing landscape and how we harness technology to run the best journalism company in the world.”
