Australian’s Leading Scientific Research Body Enlists AI to Write Articles

Cosmos—the official science magazine of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—is experimenting with AI-written articles.

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Australia’s national science magazine has taken on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to write articles, in a move that has stirred controversy in the world of publishing and journalism.

Cosmos, now published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), received a grant from the Walkley Foundation Meta News Fund for a project that aims to investigate the opportunities and risks of using AI to write science-based stories.