In a sign of the times, AI-generated writing pioneer Narrativa is redefining what it means to be a news editor.

Instead of seeking more traditional expertise, Narrativa is on the hunt for an editor “who can create, supervise and review automatic content generated by artificial intelligence.”

Key ‘automation editor’ skills Narrativa prizes include:

~Participation in the natural language process establishing linguistic connections between data and words

~Data interpretation for its future application in practical cases

~Creation of domains for automated content

~Preparation and synchronization of automated content for customer service

*Style and correction revisions

Apparently, the glory days of the ‘ink-stained wretch’ are officially over.

In other AI-generated writing news:

*In-Depth Review: Nichess AI Writer: Software reviewer Phillip Stemann swears by Nichess, an AI-generated writing tool he considers the best for marketers.

Observes Stemann: “It’s the tool that has given me the best results.”

Stenmann offers a detailed walk-through of Nichess in this 16-minute video.

That includes up-close looks at how Nichess auto-generates text for different formats, including Instagram captions, blog posts, social media posts and newsletters.

As for Stenmann’s wish-list for Nichess’ next upgrade: ” I would personally like to see a WordPress plugin.

“A WordPress plugin really helps me generate content both faster and more efficient because I stay within the same environment when it is that I create content.

“You could basically automate your entire newsletter flow with a tool like Nichesss if you had an integration to your newsletter tool.”

*China Releases GPT-3 Crusher: Chinese researchers have developed an auto-text writer they say is ten times more powerful than GPT-3 — currently considered the gold standard AI writer in the U.S.

Dubbed Wu Dao 2.0, the software can auto-write essays and poems in traditional Chinese — as well as understand what people say and create images based on descriptions.

The advanced tech, developed by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, offers another example of why many worry that China will take the lead in AI.

“We are about to lose digital sovereignty in the AI space if we don’t act right now,” says Jörg Bienert, chairman, Federal AI Association, a German industry group.

(For an in-depth look at GPT-3, check out: “GPT-3 and AI Writing: Stunning, if Imperfect,” by Joe Dysart.)

*Writing Style Governor Scores Healthy Growth: Acrolinx — an AI-powered tool that helps writers adhere to a company’s writing style — reports record growth for 2020.

Observes Volker Smid, CEO, Acrolinx: “Despite the challenges of the past year, 2020 was pivotal for Acrolinx as demand for content governance increased.

“Content is an organization’s biggest asset, and we look forward to helping our customers supercharge their billions of digital touch-points with clear, consistent, and inclusive content.”

Adds Charlotte Baxter-Read, a marketing writer for Acrolinx: “Without a consistent vocabulary and style, customer-facing content can be seen as unreliable and negatively impact your brand perception.”

*AI News Curator Brings Home Multiple Awards: AI-powered news content curator Sophi has gleaned a number of awards from news associations during the past year.

Nods for the AI tool have come from the World Association of News Publishers, the Online News Association and the International News Media Association.

Sophi works by using AI to decide where news stories should be placed — including which stories should be published behind news outlet paywalls.

Plus, Sophi also decides which stories should be placed on a news outlet’s home page.

These days, 99% of all stories published by Canada’s Globe and Mail are curated and placed by Sophi, according to Sara Guaglione, a writer for Digiday.

*AI and The Lost Art of Thinking?: Despite the steady stream of new AI tools designed to automate writing, one university professor thinks people should do writing the old-fashioned way, too.

Observes Gregory P. Crawford, president, Miami University of Ohio: A “flash of insight sounds great in your head. But what happens when you try to commit it to paper?

“Writing forces a higher level of precision, consideration of broader impacts and attention to overlooked obstacles — or opportunities — that can affirm, modify, discard or enhance the idea.”

In essence: If humans abandon all of the writing tasks to machines — will they also abandon their ability to think precisely, originally and inspiredly?

*Fear Not the Ghost in the Machine: Ready or not, writers are on a course to disappear from copy shops — only to be replaced by editors overseeing AI-generated writing software.

So says Hal Koss, a writer for BuiltIn.

Observes Koss: “It’s all but inevitable that AI writing assistants will help shape the future of content marketing and copywriting.”

Dave Rogenmoser, CEO, Conversion AI, an AI-powered auto-writing tool, agrees, observing that “low-level copywriting and content creation is in serious jeopardy.”

As for the future? Ten years from now, AI-generated writing will most likely be on par with the most talented news feature writers, according to Rogenmoser.

Observes Rogenmoser: “It doesn’t mean that you’re gone. It just turns everyone into an editor.”

Everyone?

Or just the forward-thinking few who are the first to learn how to use the AI machines.

*AI Researchers Exploring New Story Formats for the Youth: AI news researchers say they’re looking for ways to repackage news for a younger audience.

One surprising insight they’ve uncovered: Younger news consumers often prefer well-honed text over video.

Observes Shirish Kulkarni, a key player in JournalismAI Collab: “What our group’s research largely found was that young people don’t have a particular predilection for video — and actually far prefer easily digestible text.

“What’s important to them is that content is presented in a way that is optimized for mobile platforms.

“It might be a mixture of text, images and audio.

“But what’s crucial is that it works well on a phone.

“In that same vein, they also loved longer podcasts that gave them a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of a story or issue.”

*AI Predictive Text Tool Snares $2.1 Million: Compose.ai, a predictive text tool that auto-completes your phrases and sentences as you browse the Web, has snagged $2.1 million in new funding from Craft Ventures.

Observes Alex Wilhelm, a writer for TechCrunch: “Co-founders Landon Sanford and Michael Shuffett told TechCrunch that Compose.ai believes that in five years, average folks won’t type every word that they write.

“They want to bring that future to more people through the Compose.ai Chrome extension — which hopefully workers can access without having to get corporate permission.”

*Auto-Translator Gets a Second Life: Language Weaver, a language translation system, has been re-released to the market — now powered by AI.

Says Azad Ootam, chief technology officer, RWS: “We’re excited to bring back the much-loved Language Weaver brand.

“Many within the industry will remember Language Weaver – a brand synonymous with innovation and pushing the boundaries of language translation.

“By bringing together AI experts and technology from across RWS, SDL and Iconic, we now have a world-class platform that outperforms traditional machine translation approaches.”

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.