AN ETHICAL CHECKLIST FOR AI JOURNALISM

It has now become commonplace for media to use artificial intelligence to write news. Robots routinely transform data into a story, and a story into multimedia content.

As more organizations begin to use AI, there is a need to focus on ethics and robotic newswriting.

What accuracy and transparency problems do robotic systems create? What bad scenarios do we need to worry about?

Most robot newswriting so far has been for fairly formulaic situations: company earnings reports, stock market summaries, earthquake alerts and youth sports stories.

As news organizations transition to AI, they should ask themselves some serious questions.

Here is a checklist of things to consider regarding 1) personal stories about robots, 2) news evaluation and transparency issues, and 3) pitfalls to watch out for.

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