Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates
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AFP
By Paul RicardPeople are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news, a respected media report published this week found.The yearly survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found "for the first time" that significant numbers of people were using chatbots to get headlines and updates, director Mitali Mukherjee wrote.Attached to Britain's Oxford University, the Reuters Institute annual report is seen as unmissable for people following the evolution o...

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