Artificial intelligence in journalism: Automatic translation and recommendation system in the project “A European Perspective

Abstract

Introduction: On July 1st, 2021, several European public broadcasters officially launched the project “A European Perspective”. It is an online news exchange service developed within the EBU European Broadcasting Union, which brought together ten public broadcast companies from nine countries. This project uses Artificial Intelligence for the translation and recommendation of content produced by the participants and that can be freely used on their websites. The main objectives of the project are the fight against misinformation and the affirmation of the European values in a social context in which social networks have been gaining more and more influence among public opinion. Methodology: This paper, a case study, explains how the project works and analyses the type of content shared in the first two months of operation on the website of RTPRádio Televisão Portuguesa.

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