Journalist Alarmed When Newspaper Replaces Humans With Glitchy AI Bot

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Uncanny Anchors A local newspaper in Kauai, Hawaii called The Garden Island is using AI to power fake newscasters, a former journalist for the Island reports for Wired.

As human journalist and former Island employee Guthrie Scrimgeour writes for Wired, the Hawaiian newspaper recently became the first paper in the country to adopt AI-generated news anchors.

"Just watching someone read an article is boring," said Dina Shatner, according to Wired.

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Author / Journalist: Maggie Harrison Dupré

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesIsraelOman

Topics: Ai journalism Artificial Intelligence Ai-generated content The digest Ai

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Published On: 2024-09-15 @ 12:00:06 (16 hours ago)

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Article Length: 449 words

Reading Time: 3 minutes read

Sentences: 17 lines

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