New breeds of news producers have emerged from the rapid growth and popularity of the internet: news robots. These robots produce hundreds and thousands of pieces every day, and they compete with Reuters or other news companies in quick-twitch commercial financial journalism. The Associated Press is developing robot reporters for its business news team, and the Washington Post's robots cover minor league baseball and high school football games. They also cover earthquakes. The news robots cover not only breaking news but also Bloomberg and The Washington Post.
They can break a story
Robots are increasingly being used in newsrooms. Automated reporting is becoming more common. An algorithm is used by the Associated Press to create business news stories. A human journalist might write 300 stories per week. News robots could write up to 4,400 stories per day. The Los Angeles Times used robotic journalism to cover the story about an earthquake that occurred in California last March. It was able to beat most news outlets.
They can create hundreds or even thousands of content per week
AI is becoming increasingly important in the world of journalism. Wordsmith is a content generator service owned by the Associated Press. These services can be offered by Narrative Sciences and Automated Informations. A Los Angeles Times journalist recently created a news report using custom software after a massive earthquake. Their system generates thousands upon thousands of articles per day.
They can help journalists to shift their attention from field work, interviews, and analyses.
Although there is no substitute to a human reporter in a newsroom, robots have become a reality. For example, the news aggregation service Google News Service can choose a lead story and related links based on the sources' credibility scores. A product manager boasted that "no human editor could compete with the speed and accuracy of a robot."
FAQ
How will governments regulate AI
Governments are already regulating AI, but they need to do it better. They need to ensure that people have control over what data is used. Aim to make sure that AI isn't used in unethical ways by companies.
They also need ensure that we aren’t creating an unfair environment for different types and businesses. A small business owner might want to use AI in order to manage their business. However, they should not have to restrict other large businesses.
Who invented AI and why?
Alan Turing
Turing was created in 1912. His father was clergyman and his mom was a nurse. After being rejected by Cambridge University, he was a brilliant student of mathematics. However, he became depressed. He learned chess after being rejected by Cambridge University. He won numerous tournaments. He was a British code-breaking specialist, Bletchley Park. There he cracked German codes.
He died on April 5, 1954.
John McCarthy
McCarthy was born in 1928. Before joining MIT, he studied maths at Princeton University. There, he created the LISP programming languages. He had laid the foundations to modern AI by 1957.
He died in 2011.
What are the advantages of AI?
Artificial intelligence is a technology that has the potential to revolutionize how we live our daily lives. Artificial Intelligence has revolutionized healthcare and finance. It's expected to have profound impacts on all aspects of education and government services by 2025.
AI has already been used to solve problems in medicine, transport, energy, security and manufacturing. The possibilities for AI applications will only increase as there are more of them.
It is what makes it special. First, it learns. Computers are able to learn and retain information without any training, which is a big advantage over humans. Computers don't need to be taught, but they can simply observe patterns and then apply the learned skills when necessary.
AI stands out from traditional software because it can learn quickly. Computers can read millions of pages of text every second. They can quickly translate languages and recognize faces.
And because AI doesn't require human intervention, it can complete tasks much faster than humans. It can even surpass us in certain situations.
A chatbot named Eugene Goostman was created by researchers in 2017. Numerous people were fooled by the bot into believing that it was Vladimir Putin.
This shows that AI can be extremely convincing. Another benefit is AI's ability adapt. It can be taught to perform new tasks quickly and efficiently.
This means that companies do not have to spend a lot of money on IT infrastructure or employ large numbers of people.
How does AI work
An algorithm is a sequence of instructions that instructs a computer to solve a problem. An algorithm is a set of steps. Each step must be executed according to a specific condition. A computer executes each instruction sequentially until all conditions are met. This process repeats until the final result is achieved.
Let's suppose, for example that you want to find the square roots of 5. You could write down each number between 1-10 and calculate the square roots for each. Then, take the average. However, this isn't practical. You can write the following formula instead:
sqrt(x) x^0.5
This is how to square the input, then divide it by 2 and multiply by 0.5.
Computers follow the same principles. It takes your input, multiplies it with 0.5, divides it again, subtracts 1 then outputs the result.
How does AI impact the workplace?
It will change the way we work. We can automate repetitive tasks, which will free up employees to spend their time on more valuable activities.
It will increase customer service and help businesses offer better products and services.
It will help us predict future trends and potential opportunities.
It will help organizations gain a competitive edge against their competitors.
Companies that fail to adopt AI will fall behind.
Statistics
- In the first half of 2017, the company discovered and banned 300,000 terrorist-linked accounts, 95 percent of which were found by non-human, artificially intelligent machines. (builtin.com)
- According to the company's website, more than 800 financial firms use AlphaSense, including some Fortune 500 corporations. (builtin.com)
- The company's AI team trained an image recognition model to 85 percent accuracy using billions of public Instagram photos tagged with hashtags. (builtin.com)
- While all of it is still what seems like a far way off, the future of this technology presents a Catch-22, able to solve the world's problems and likely to power all the A.I. systems on earth, but also incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands. (forbes.com)
- By using BrainBox AI, commercial buildings can reduce total energy costs by 25% and improves occupant comfort by 60%. (analyticsinsight.net)
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How To
How to make an AI program simple
It is necessary to learn how to code to create simple AI programs. There are many programming languages to choose from, but Python is our preferred choice because of its simplicity and the abundance of online resources, like YouTube videos, courses and tutorials.
Here is a quick tutorial about how to create a basic project called "Hello World".
First, you'll need to open a new file. This is done by pressing Ctrl+N on Windows, and Command+N on Macs.
Next, type hello world into this box. Enter to save your file.
Now press F5 for the program to start.
The program should display Hello World!
But this is only the beginning. These tutorials will help you create a more complex program.