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Herald deploys AI for editorial, admits lack of rigour (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by Dave to c/newzealand

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The New Zealand Herald’s publisher NZME says it should have employed more “journalistic rigour” when it used artificial intelligence tools to create an editorial that appeared in the Weekend Herald, online and in regional papers recently.

Truncated sentences and repetition of key words appeared characteristic of generative AI applications like ChatGPT.

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[–] Dave 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Come on guys, at least review what the AI is writing.

They also go on to say:

“The Herald and other NZME publications use AI to improve our journalism. In some cases, we also create stories entirely using AI tools,”

I have no doubt AI is widely used in journalism, but they should probably have an editor in the process.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I'm not surprised. They've always come across as gross and trashy

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

"in some cases we also use it to impair our journalism. try to spot which is which!"