> reporters could go to events, get quotes, plug them into a large language model, and have the model generate a story, saving them time on writing stories they don’t feel passionately about.

While there is certainly a lot of lazy writing out there in this category, isn’t this also the source of some of the best? Those stories that push the reporter/writer to find an interesting angle on an otherwise mundane topic, so they can find passion in it. This is a skill writers won’t develop without being forced into that position, and one I seriously doubt AI will bother with.

For a local town paper I might understand, but I would think a news outlet like the AP would have a long line of talented writers looking to work there.

I hope we see a trend toward news outlets having full transparency on if they are all-AI, AI-first, human-first, or all-human. I will opt for the all-human option, if given a choice.