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The Washington Post Will Ask Some Sources to Annotate Its Stories

The New York Times · Benjamin Mullin · last updated

The Washington Post, facing serious financial shortfalls, has spent the past year working on new ways to draw more readers to its site, and encourage those who come to spend more time there.

In November, executives rolled out “Ask The Post A.I.,” an artificial intelligence tool that answers readers’ questions using published works from The Post. The publication has also been experimenting with lower-priced subscriptions, called flexible access, for readers who want to sample its journalism.

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