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Bloomberg embraces ChatGPT for journalists in renewed AI push

Bloomberg’s top editor has directed staff to embrace third-party AI platforms such as ChatGPT, taking a more liberal approach than other major newsrooms.

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Bloomberg News’ editor-in-chief John Micklethwait issued a directive earlier this year to the news agency’s staff encouraging them to use third-party chatbots in their day-to-day work. Shutterstock.

Global business news and information behemoth Bloomberg is encouraging journalists to use generative artificial intelligence platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT for story research and publishing.

Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait earlier this year encouraged staff to use third-party chatbots including OpenAI’s ChatGPT in their daily work, according to people with knowledge of the directive who were not authorised to speak publicly about it.

The approach marks a significant shift from the news publisher’s earlier use of AI for story summaries and other product-led initiatives to using it in the production of its journalism, which is highly trusted by traders and has the power to move global markets.

AI is now being used by Bloomberg journalists and editors for research, to workshop headlines, summarise documents and translate copy, among other tasks. Bloomberg declined to comment.