For the longest time, the best use case I could conceive of for AI automating news writing was for financial and market stories -- pieces on quarterly earnings, stock movements, etc. 

But I just actually read one in an attempt to glean some real information and -- let me tell you -- an illiterate non-English speaker could have written a better and clearer story.  This is the most bullish I've felt on the future of human newswriting in a minute.

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AI in journalism: once promising, now a letdown? Humans are back in the game! 📈✍️