Australian Government Magazine Enlists AI to Write Articles

Published on August 10, 2024

Australia’s national science magazine has taken on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to write articles, in a move that has stirred controversy in the world of publishing and journalism. Cosmos, now published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), received a grant from the Walkley Foundation Meta News Fund for a project that aims to investigate the opportunities and risks of using AI to write science-based stories. However, ethical questions have been raised around the use of funding intended to support journalism being used to aid AI development, with some ambiguity surrounding the approval of the project....

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