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Robots Writing the News? AI in Journalism: Boon or Bane?
In September 2023, the American “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” decided to put Microsoft’s Bing chat artificial intelligence to the test and gave it a prompt: “Write a newspaper editorial to argue that artificial intelligence should not be used in journalism.” The result was that The newspaper’s editorial board breathed a sigh of relief: the AI engine made some pretty convincing arguments that AI shouldn’t be on the opinion pages. Bots believes that while AI “may have some benefits,” it “also poses a serious threat to journalistic quality, integrity and ethics.” “Human journalists have passion, curiosity, and creativity. AI cannot replicate these qualities.” “Additionally, AI can create deepfakes… that can be used…