Gannett . Media
Automated high school sports articles
Killed
Pilot
Production
Scaled
Killed
Gannett has paused its experiment with LedeAI in all of its local markets that had been using the serviceFrom the source, 2023-08-30
What happened
Gannett used LedeAI to write automated high school sports recaps for several local papers, including the Columbus Dispatch. In August 2023 the articles were mocked on social media for errors, repetition and odd phrasing, including one that printed placeholder text instead of team names. Gannett paused the experiment in all local markets that used it, and LedeAI's CEO said there were legitimate problems with the reports. We have not found a report that Gannett resumed it.
Sources
- Company
- Gannett
- Industry
- Media
- Vendor / platform
- LedeAI
- Type
- Content agent
- Status
- Killed
- Evidence date
- 2023-08-30
- Source
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/tech/gannett-ai-experiment-paused
- Notes
- Paused.
- Last checked
- 2026-10-17
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