The f(x) = e^x | AI journalism: possibilities, limitations, and outcomes
The f(x) = e^x | AI journalism: possibilities, limitations, and outcomes
Good Day! This is my weekly newsletter, with a dose of insights into the future. The topic of this newsletter is the exponential times we live in, hence the title of f(x) = e^x, which is the (natural) exponential function.
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AI journalism: possibilities, limitations, and outcomes
My latest article:
In 2012, it was predicted that within 15 years, more than 90 percent of news articles would be written by a computer. 8 years later, a lot of progress has been made and AI journalists are increasingly ‘employed’ by publisher and organisations. The good news for human journalists is that there’s still very much a need for their services when writing articles like this one. But with machines now capable of doing more tasks than ever (and more complex ones), we face several important questions: what’s the role of AI in journalism, and what are the challenges and considerations when bringing AI into the newsroom?
Three Useful Nuggets of Information
My weekly tips from around the web to get you thinking.
1. Deepfakes are now used for corporate training videos.
Coronavirus restrictions make it harder and more expensive to shoot videos. So some companies are turning to synthetic media instead. (Wired)
2. Personalise your blog, in real-time.
Adobe has created a tool that allows blog owners to personalise headlines and images in real-time for different visitors, bringing personalisation to a new level. (TechCrunch)
3. Who knew that fax machines could be a bottleneck?
In the US, health officials are still using fax machines in their attempt to fight the Coronavirus. A broken data system and incomplete results are becoming a bottleneck. (NY Times)
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, a world-leading futurist and global AI keynote speaker who helps leaders decide what AI, and the technologies that follow it, mean for their business. He speaks to leadership teams at their retreats and to conference audiences worldwide, and his WAVE framework gives them a way of deciding that they keep using long after he has left the room. His Intelligence Age Scorecard measures how ready an organization is across the four WAVE pillars.
He holds a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, is a Certified Speaking Professional and Global Speaking Fellow, and ranks among the world’s top futurists on the Global Gurus list (#1 in 2025, #3 in 2026). Salesforce named him one of its 16 leading AI voices. He has written six books, most recently Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, writes the Synthetic Minds newsletter on Substack, and founded Futurwise. Talk to his digital twin on WhatsApp: +1 (830) 463-6967.
