Google is testing a new artificial intelligence tool that can write helpful news articles, in the latest sign that the technology may transform or potentially replace some white-collar professions.
Google’s upcoming “Genesis” AI tool is being designed to act as a helpmate for journalists in the newsroom, anonymous sources told The New York Times in an exclusive July 19 report.
The Times article said that Google had demonstrated Genesis for media executives from the Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal owner News Corp, presented the new AI technology that absorbs facts and writes out news feeds.
Two news executives at the NY Times mentioned in the article “said it seemed to take for granted the effort that went into producing accurate and artful news stories,” while another saw it as more of a personal assistant….