OpenAI, an artificial intelligence company, is funding a new Axios Local newsroom in Huntsville.
According to Axios, OpenAI will fund Axios newsrooms for three years in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder and Huntsville.
Axios is owned by Cox Enterprises and focuses on Washington, D.C. politics. However, the company does have local writers based in 34 cities.
The use of AI in journalism is controversial.
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei believes that “AI will play a key role in helping the company scale its local footprint to 100 or more cities” but said the technology won’t be used to report stories.
According to OpenAI, the technology is used by more than 160 news outlets and hundreds of content brands in more than 20 languages across topics and continents.
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