The Press Association has won a £621,000 grant from Google's Digital News Initiative to create an artificial intelligence run news service that writes localised news stories. Google said the project would be used by journalists and researchers in developing countries who are unable or unwilling to use traditional media sources. Editor-in-chief, Peter Clifton, said there is still need for skilled human journalists to source stories but the platform will "scale up the mass localisation of news content”.
The Press Association has won a £621,000 grant from Google's Digital News Initiative to create an artificial intelligence run news service that writes localised news stories. The Press Association has teamed up with Urbs Media and will build out the Radar platform that enables journalists to make "detailed story templates" for a range of sectors. Editor-in-chief, Peter Clifton, said there is still need for skilled human journalists to source stories but the platform will "scale up the mass localisation of news content”.