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Why “Sorry, I don’t know” is sometimes the best answer: The Washington Post’s technology chief on its first AI chatbot
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“If we can cultivate this community of conscientious, civically engaged people, we know they’re also looking for ways to take action.”
The appeal of Twitter for reporters is well known, but it’s worth spelling out: The benefits we get from it, real as they are, come at the cost of constant partial attention, all day and all night.
With Lynx Insights, Reuters wants to marry the data-crunching skills of machines with the editorial judgment of human reporters.