Public opinion on AI completing journalism tasks UK 2024
A survey held on AI and journalism in January 2024 in the United Kingdom found that 73 percent of respondents felt it would be acceptable for artificial intelligence to perform spelling and grammar edits to an article written by a human journalist. By contrast, UK adults felt the opposite about the possibility of AI conducting interviews on behalf of journalists or writing and publishing long-form investigative texts that would include expert or eyewitness interviews. Overall, respondents were more open to AI performing practical tasks like recommendation, fixes, or image selection, and more resistant to AI replacing human journalists for writing and editorial tasks.