Microsoft is planning to replace contracted journalists with robots. This was reported to Seattle Times by sources in the company.
“Like all companies, we regularly evaluate our business. This can lead to increased investments in some places and, from time to time, to redistribution in others. These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic,” the company said.
Automated systems for selecting news will carry out the tasks of selecting headlines and photos for the MSN website, which are now handled by journalists from various organizations.
Microsoft, like some other technology companies, pays news organizations to use their content on their website.
But journalists decide which news to publish and how they will be presented.
In connection with the reorganization, about 50 news producers will lose their jobs at the end of June. However, a team of full-time journalists will remain.
Some journalists warn that artificial intelligence may not be fully familiar with strict editorial rules and may ultimately select inappropriate material.
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