City AM journalist sounds alarm on flood of AI-written op-eds and pitches clogging editorial inbox
City AM's inbox is flooded with AI-generated pitches and op-eds submitted by professionals who use AI tools to write their submissions instead of producing original content. Anna Moloney, the journalist tasked with vetting these submissions, spends her days running them through AI detection software. The article critiques the growing trend of professionals outsourcing their thought leadership to AI, resulting in generic, low-quality content that undermines genuine expertise and clogs editorial workflows.
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In this slot there should have been an op-ed. A punchy one from a high-flying lawyer on the ever raging debate around inheritance tax, perfectly attuned to the interests of City AM readers.
However, as is now happening at an alarming regularity, what said lawyer filed was not an insightful piece drawing on their many years
City AM's inbox is drowning in AI-written pitches.
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