The Wall Street Journal is trying out a new news reading experience: using artificial intelligence to generate summary of news reports, putting them at the beginning of the article in the form of "key points". The experiment was first applied to a report on Trump’s Department of Education’s program and collected user experiences by opening up readers’ feedback channels in the hope of improving AI summary capabilities. At present, the summary generated by this function will be edited and reviewed before publication, and the source will be clearly marked to ensure the transparency and accuracy of the information.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal is conducting a new experiment to launch abstracts of articles generated based on artificial intelligence that appear at the top of news reports in the form of "key points". The first test of the feature appeared in a report about Trump’s Department of Education’s program. To verify the effectiveness of this new feature, the Wall Street Journal has opened feedback channels to readers to understand what users actually want.
The contents of these "key points" summary are generated by artificial intelligence tools and are edited and reviewed before publication. This information is clearly marked in the summary box to ensure that readers know the source of the summary and the review process they have gone through. In addition, the summary box provides links to describe how the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones News Agency use artificial intelligence tools.
"We have been evaluating new technologies and storytelling methods to provide more value to our subscribers," said Taneth Evans, head of digital division at the Wall Street Journal. "To do this, we are currently conducting a series of A/B tests to Deeply understand the needs of users in terms of summary. "This shows that the newspaper not only seeks breakthroughs in technological innovation, but also constantly adjusts in its interaction with readers.
In addition, the trend of AI generating summary is becoming increasingly common among news websites and platforms. Gannett, a parent company in the United States today, has also begun experimenting with adding AI-generated summary to its articles and using a similar "key point" format. This trend provides users with a convenient way to quickly obtain information, although experts recommend that readers should try to read the full article if conditions permit, to avoid misleading information due to potential errors in AI tools.
In this context, whether AI abstract, as an emerging auxiliary tool, can truly meet user needs remains to be seen.
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The Wall Street Journal is testing the "key points" summary of AI generation, aiming to enhance the reader experience.
These summary is generated by artificial intelligence and reviewed by editors to ensure information accuracy.
AI summary is becoming more and more widely used in the press industry, and many media platforms are beginning to try this feature.
In short, the Wall Street Journal's AI abstract experiment reflects the news media's active exploration of the application of artificial intelligence technology, and also reflects the importance of user experience. The future development of AI abstracts is worth looking forward to. Whether it can truly improve news reading efficiency and ensure information accuracy will take more time and data to verify.