Washington Post launches ‘Climate Answers’ chat bot

The Washington Post has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will allow users to search for answers about environmental issues and climate change from its coverage.

“Climate Responses” was designed to “make our journalism more accessible” to consumers, chief technology officer Vineet Khosla said in a memo.

Questions will be answered by the tool directly from articles published by the Post since 2016 in the climate, environment and meteorology sections.

If the tool doesn’t easily find a relevant article, it won’t serve as an answer, Khosla said.

“We set a high bar in our scoring of articles relevant to a given question,” he added.

Under new leadership, the Post is working to launch a third branch of its newsroom called “Build It,” which will include limited article summaries, AI audio reading newsletters and other technology-based ventures.

Several news providers have delved into the world of AI, with leading conglomerates like News Corp and Time partnering with Microsoft to provide content to ChatGPT.

Other media companies, notably The New York Times, have sued OpenAI, seeking to end its practice of using its stories to train chatbots.

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