A Chinese news outlet used an incredibly efficient “robot reporter” to cover the Olympics

A Chinese news outlet used an incredibly efficient “robot reporter” to cover the Olympics

A Chinese robot reporter produced 450 Olympic news items over the 15-day sporting event, mostly about China’s dominant sports, like badminton and table tennis. While its prose was criticized for being somewhat rote, the coverage certainly was speedy, appearing minutes after events ended. The “AI writing robot” Xiaomingbot (link in Chinese) produced 30 to 40…