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The Washington Post Is Secretly Planning to Start Publishing Articles Created Using AI

The Washington Post has begun using an AI tool called Heliograf to autonomously generate articles, particularly for coverage of events like the Olympics and high school football games, as well as breaking news and data-driven stories. Heliograf, which has been in use since June 2016, produced around 850 articles in the past year, with the majority being short pieces that require minimal human editing. The AI's role is to enhance the newspaper's coverage by quickly producing content on topics that might otherwise receive less attention, while human journalists focus on more in-depth reporting. The use of Heliograf reflects a broader trend in journalism towards automation to handle routine reporting, allowing human reporters to engage in more complex and investigative work.

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