Majority disapprove of artificial intelligence in news production
The use Artificial Intelligence is unacceptable for the majority of news articles, according to an overwhelming number of respondents to a survey by Swiss university researchers.
Keystone / Mark R. Cristino
The Swiss population is critical of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in news production. This is shown by a representative survey by the Research Center for Public and Society at the University of Zurich.
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La mayoría desaprueba la inteligencia artificial en la producción de noticias
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