What happens to language when a growing amount of text published in the press, online and on social media is written by machines? This question is not just important for the profession of journalism—it also has an impact on the richness of the language we all use to comprehend, describe and discuss reality itself.
AI is making journalistic language more repetitive and predictable—and it’s a problem for all of us
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