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AI agents can draft stories but struggle to land human sources, editors say

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AI 'journalists' are pitching stories to editors, and while AI can produce decent drafts, it cannot get human sources to talk — the reporting step editors say matters most.

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  1. 2026-11-05 09:00 · Fast Company AI
    AI ‘journalists’ are pitching stories to editors, but the real problem isn’t the writing

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