Italian newspaper Il Foglio’s AI Experiment into Automated Journalism
In a groundbreaking experiment, the Italian newspaper Il Foglio spent an entire month publishing a four-page daily insert created entirely by artificial intelligence.
In an unprecedented move, the Italian daily Il Foglio has completed a month-long experiment publishing a four-page daily insert entirely written by artificial intelligence (AI) Editor Claudio Cerasa declared the initiative a success, noting increased sales and announcing plans to continue the AI-generated section on a weekly basis.
As far as I know this is unique based on the breadth of content that is being covered. Other publishers have openly used AI to write content, but these tend to be AI summaries or overviews based on content created by existing (human) journalists. My article about the launch of Bulletin by The Independent in The Media Stack published in March highlighted their new offering however the exercise by Il Foglio seems to be unique due to it’s depth.
🧠 AI's Role in the Newsroom
The AI-generated content covered a range of topics, from international politics to social trends, and even included AI-written letters to the editor. Cerasa emphasized that AI would not replac…
