Artificial intelligence journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Newsrooms were workout We’ve been working with AI for several years now, but for the most part, those efforts have been experiments. A relatively unknown startup, Symonic.ai, wants to change that, and so it has Signed a big deal With News Corp, the media group owned by Rupert Murdoch.

News Corp, whose major assets include MarketWatch, the New York Post and the WSJ, is set to begin using Symbolic’s artificial intelligence platform with financial news hub Dow Jones Newswires.

Symbolic.i, founded by former eBay CEO Devin Wing and Ars Technica co-founder John Stokes, says its AI platform can “help produce high-quality journalism and content” and that its tool has even led to “productivity gains of up to 90% for complex research tasks.” The platform is designed to make editorial workflows more efficient, providing improvements in areas such as newsletter creation, transcription, fact checking, headline optimization, SEO tips, and more.

Overall, News Corp has demonstrated a willingness to integrate AI into its media operations. In 2024 the company signed Multi-year partnership With OpenAI, it will license its materials to the AI ​​company. Last November, media conglomerates pointed this out Consider branchingand license its materials to other AI companies.