Robot writers collect and analyze data and turn them into readable narratives 12 years ago
It's certainly not a totally new attempt. But as a former journalist turned tech marketer, it's pretty fascinating. Especially the illustration of earnings announcement (pretty formulaic, but with SEC sensitivities... wow). A while back I saw a study from Medill (Northwestern) about how robots were writing newspaper style sports game stories -- also fascinating, but I don't know any sports fans that read game stories any more.