AP will use 'robot journalists' to expand its college sports coverage
The Associated Press plans to expand its collegiate sports coverage using automation technology instead of human reporters. The news organization’s team of robot journalists will compile text based on game statistics provided by the NCAA. The move will expand AP’s sports coverage to include Division I baseball, Division I women’s basketball, Division II and III football, and Division II and III men’s basketball.
“This will mean thousands of more stories on the AP wire, which will remain unmatched in the industry,” Barry Bedlan, AP’s deputy director of sports products said in a statement. “Every college sports town will have some level of coverage.”
“Every college sports town will have some level of coverage.”
AP already uses this…
Source:: The Verge
