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AI startup raises questions on ‘local’ news you can use

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14min 38sec
Courtesy Andrew Deck/Neiman Journalism Lab
“Good Day Fort Collins” is one of hundreds of daily newsletters generated by an AI startup in New York City targeting local markets.

If you’re hungry for neighborhood goings-on – from government to bake sales – you might be delighted that a newsletter focused your community has arrived in your inbox. But might your enthusiasm be tempered if you found out the content you crave was being generated by one man. In New York City. Via Artificial Intelligence. That scenario’s playing out across the country – including in Colorado. Reporter Andrew Deck, of the Nieman Journalism Lab discusses the implications of the startup.