Inside the FT’s AI-Powered Story Finding

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This article is co-written by Katie Koschland and Liz Lohn.

AI is a divisive topic. Whatever your take is — from ‘it will kill us’ to ‘it will save us’ — there’s a tribe for that on the Internet.

AI is a divisive topic
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The stakes go up a level when we talk about AI in the news media. When it comes to generative AI, the public believes it might have a negative impact on news. At the same time, the level of comfort regarding news produced ‘with some help from AI’ is reasonably high.