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The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got Fired

WIRED · Guthrie Scrimgeour · last updated
James and Rose, the bizarre AI bots who were recently installed as news broadcasters at local Hawaii paper The Garden Island, have been terminated. Employee retention is always a bit of a problem at local newspapers, and The Garden Island newspaper on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is no exception.
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