Newsrooms have been experimenting with AI for a number of years now however, for probably the most half, these efforts have been simply that: experiments. A comparatively unknown startup, Symbolic.ai, needs to vary that, and it simply signed a significant cope with Information Corp, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Information Corp, the main property of which embody MarketWatch, the New York Submit, and The Wall Road Journal, is ready to start utilizing Symbolicβs AI platform with its monetary information hub Dow Jones Newswires.
Symbolic.ai, which was based by former eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes, says its AI platform can βhelp within the manufacturing of high quality journalism and content materialβ and that its software has even led to βproductiveness beneficial properties of as a lot as 90% for complicated analysis duties.β The platform is designed to make editorial workflows extra environment friendly, offering enhancements in areas like e-newsletter creation, audio transcription, fact-checking, βheadline optimization,β search engine optimization recommendation, and others.
On the whole, Information Corp has proven a willingness to combine AI into its media operations. In 2024, the corporate signed a multi-year partnership with OpenAI, whereby it could license its materials to the AI firm. Final November, the media conglomerate signaled that it was contemplating branching out, and licensing its materials to different AI firms.





