BERLIN — Robot reporters have arrived in the newsroom. Algorithms are writing up company earnings, covering sports championships and dabbling in crime and politics. One day, if the techno-optimists are to be believed, they will be doing much of the work journalists do today. For now, your loyal correspondent’s job seems to be safe. Despite the galloping pace of technological progress, computers are still far from being able to develop sources, provide high-level analysis or infuse a narrative with character and color. But as news organizations integrate artificial intelligence into their operations, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the media industry — and its workforce — is not safe from disruption. Automatically generated articles Robots are already performing routine tasks once done by human reporters. Once, on mornings when companies published quarterly earning reports, business journalists at the Associated Press would get up early, wait for the … [Read more...] about This story was not written by a robot