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The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

Mirror and Express owner publishes first articles written using AI

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An article on InYourArea on Cardiff. The Reach chief executive said there was an opportunity to automate content based primarily on data and lists. Photograph: InYourArea

The owner of the Daily Mirror and the Express has published its first articles written using artificial intelligence – but its boss says journalists should not fear it means being replaced by machines.

Jim Mullen, the chief executive of Reach, said that after a working group explored the possibilities for the use of AI, the company let a bot produce three articles last week.

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