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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Jonathan Yerushalmy

German publisher Axel Springer says journalists could be replaced by AI

A worker checks a printed edition of Bild newspaper
Axel Springer, owner of German newspapers Bild and Die Welt, has said journalists are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence. Photograph: Andreas Gebert/Reuters

Journalists are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the CEO of German media group Axel Springer has said.

The announcement was made as the publisher sought to boost revenue at German newspapers Bild and Die Welt and transition to becoming a “purely digital media company”. It said job cuts lay ahead, because automation and AI were increasingly making many of the jobs that supported the production of their journalism redundant.

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