--- title: "VentureBeat Using AI to Help Generate Articles" description: "Tech investing publication VentureBeat is using OpenAI's Bing Chat to assist in editing and writing articles, Bloomberg reports." date: "2023-05-01" modified: "2023-05-01" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/venturebeat-ai-generate-articles" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai" - "bing ai" - "journalism" - "the digest" --- # VentureBeat Using AI to Help Generate Articles ![Tech investing publication VentureBeat is using OpenAI's Bing Chat to assist in editing and writing articles, Bloomberg reports.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## All Aboard Tech finance publication *VentureBeat* is using OpenAI's Bing Chat to assist in editing and writing articles. And the folks in charge of the effort really don't seem [too shy]() about it. "I think of it as like having another person on the team," *VentureBeat's* editorial director Michael Nuñez [told *Bloomberg*](), arguing that large language model (LLM)-powered tools of the kind can do tasks like information aggregation faster than humans can, seemingly to argue that AI tools simply help to speed up the journalistic process. "I don't think our readers care, to be totally honest," he added. "Tweet that out, if you want." ## Heart-Shaped Black Box Considering that *VentureBeat*, which boasts the slogan "transformative tech coverage that matters," covers AI innovation pretty heavily — and is also set to release a special issue all about what they're calling "[the quest for AI Nirvana]()" — it's not terribly surprising to see them experiment with the buzziest tech in Silicon Valley. Still, Nuñez's enthusiasm certainly comes with some caveats. For one thing, the editorial director told *Bloomberg* that as long as a writer is only using "sentences and fragments" from chatbot-generated text that are independently verified to be "truthful," he doesn't think that AI-assisted articles should have to be overtly marked as such. But publications like [*CNET*](), [*Bankrate*](), and [*Men's Journal*]() have all made similar fact-checking promises, and they've all churned out some pretty terrible AI-assisted content. And to that end, it's generally just good practice to let people know where info is coming from, be it from a [human or a chatbot or both]() — especially considering that chatbots generally either fail to provide sources or just [make them up]() on the spot. AI [plagiarism]() is also of concern, and a tool that reliably senses whether content is AI-generated has yet to hit the market. Regardless of the potential downsides, however, Nuñez says that the hesitation to allow AI into the news cycle at scale will be short-lived. "I'm not trying to take a press release, feed it through the system, and get an article, although I can probably do that," Nuñez told *Bloomberg*, reportedly adding that he thinks that, pretty soon, no one will question the use of AI as an assistive tool. "If you're taking sentences or clauses or small fragments of ideas from the large language model — in my view, we're going to be discussing it for six months," he continued. "I guarantee, in two years, it's not going to matter." **More on AI journalism:**[ *Tabloid Fires Editor for AI-Generated "Interview" with Injured Celebrity*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()