AI Reshaping Journalism and PR: Francesco Marconi on Surviving ‘Machine Consumption’
This article was originally published by Newsmatics and is reprinted here with permission. By Issac Morgan Francesco Marconi, an early AI newsroom pioneer, explains how artificial intelligence is transforming journalism…
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