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AOL Plans Automated, Computer-Driven Story Factory

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:45 PM ET

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CEO Tim Armstrong tells the WSJ about plans he has previously hinted about -- a "a new digital-newsroom system that uses a series of algorithms to predict the types of stories, videos and photos that will be most popular with consumers and marketers."

The idea is that even a brain-dead editor knows that people want to read about Tiger Woods -- and AOL's coverage includes a 500-slide (!) slide show. But there are plenty of other stories that will go unassigned without a computer's help.

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08:22 PM on 11/30/2009
So now the masses of idiots will decide what's newsworthy? And AOL will generate the necessary content to fulfill all your tiger woods driveway crash needs. Great.
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