When times are tough, the tough cut expenses. That includes tech giant Microsoft who is cutting dozens of journalists and editorial staff and replacing them with artificial intelligence software, reports The Guardian. Starting in July, Microsoft News, MSN and Microsoft Edge will feature AI-generated news stories instead of content that is manually curated by reporters and editors. Microsoft has been working on AI for news in recent months, a trend that has been growing.
Business Insider said that about 50 of the affected jobs are from the U.S., while about 27 are job cuts in the U.K. Many of the two dozen-plus reporters and editors were part of Microsoft’s SANE unit (search, ads, News and Edge), says The Verge.
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