news robots A robot journalism project where computes write 30,000 stories a month for local media is going to be funded by Google. The scheme that will be launched in 2018 will use human journalists with the Press Association (PA) News Agency and will be funded £622,000 for the project, according to the BBC .
To automate reports about crime, health and employment, five people will use official open data sources.
The PA announced that Reporters and Data and Robots (Radar) would benefit “established media outlets”, independent publishers and local bloggers. ‘Cost effective ways to produce local stories’ “Skilled human journalists […]
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