Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to 'kill' journalism
- Il Foglio is producing a fully AI-generated newspaper edition as an experiment to explore how artificial intelligence can be integrated with journalism, as explained by its director, Claudio Cerasa.
- The edition includes over 22 articles daily and prints alongside the regular edition, which has seen a 60% sales increase, indicating public interest in AI-driven content, according to Il Foglio's announcement.
- Critics, including Alexios Mantzarlis, noted inaccuracies in AI-generated articles, such as missing attributions and falsehoods, highlighting the need for critical evaluation of such claims.
- Cerasa emphasized that the goal is to 'revitalise journalism, not to kill it,' while expressing a desire for quality in human-written articles.
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An Italian newspaper publishes an edition entirely generated by the AI
World premiere in Italy, where a newspaper has been publishing since Tuesday an edition entirely generated by the AI for a month, an experiment designed according to its director to "revitalize journalism, not kill it".
Italy's Il Foglio Prints AI Edition Of Newspaper To "Revitalise Journalism"
Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet with an irreverent touch and a circulation of about 29,000, says it is the first newspaper in the world to print entire editions created through artificial intelligence.
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