Word of the Day: robojournalism

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms |May 23, 2018

robojournalism Robojournalism is the use of software programs to generate articles, reports and other types of content. Sophisticated content generation programs rely upon a combination of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and machine learning to produce content that can be hard to differentiate from that written by a human. When an earthquake struck Los Angeles in the early morning hours of February 1, 2014, a content generation algorithm created by programmer/journalist Ken Schwencke posted the story to the L.A. Times within eight minutes of the tremor, complete with a map pinpointing the epicenter. Schwencke's software is designed to receive structured data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) and to determine, based on an earthquake's magnitude and proximity to California, whether it is news. The content generation program assembles the details in a vocabulary specific to the subject matter, including typical journalistic terms and turns of phrase. Quote of the Day "Humans are, frankly, much, much better at adding context than machines. And machines are better at doing that data processing and number crunching than humans." - James Kotecki   Trending Terms content generation software data mining machine learning software substitution natural language generation AI   Learning Center Natural language generation software making inroads in enterprises Natural language generation software is gradually finding its way into enterprises as businesses look to deploy emerging artificial intelligence tools. AP uses data collaboration platform to spread data journalism The young field of data journalism needs data tooling to add factual context to stories. The Associated Press turned to a data collaboration platform to improve its ability to dig into data sets. 'Robot writers' adept at natural language generation, but they're no Melville Robots aren't taking over the world (just yet, anyway), but the idea that robots could take over the world is certainly taking over the conversation among techies. What to look for in web content management software Web content management software must help organizations manage the entire content creation process. Here are some tips when considering a WCM platform. Forbes digital media strategy monetizes content management system Forbes is hoping to make its CMS system a competitive differentiator for digital publishing. Writing for Business The promise of automation is that people will need to work _____ hours. A. fewer B. less Answer     Stay In Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com   Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed!   FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.