170 SEMESTER CHECK Semester check 02 !! LESEN B2 Ich kann längere Texte, auch Berichte und Artikel, zu aktuellen Fragen sowie literarische Texte selbstständig lesen und verstehen. What’s your progress with the learning goals of this semester? Make a mark on the line that shows where you see yourself, then do the tasks. Don’t forget to check your answers with the key. Download it using QuickMedia or go to www.oebv.at and type in p5t3mn. Read the text about how a newspaper produces a special edition. Some sentences are missing. Choose the correct sentence from the list (A–L) for each gap (1–9). There are two extra sentences that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. READING 1 How an Italian ‘experiment’ is embracing AI Italian journalist Giulia Pompili isn’t too concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on her job. Her newspaper, Il Foglio, is running a month-long experiment to publish stories entirely produced by AI. “Our newspaper loves experimenting and we are all used to experimenting, so this hasn’t struck us as a threat,” she added. Published four times a week, the new edition – dubbed Il Foglio AI – claims to be the world’s first fully AI-generated newspaper. (0) . At the launch in March, the editorial team confirmed that ChatGPT would be used “for everything: writing, headlines, subheadings, quotes, summaries and sometimes irony as well.” (1) . Monica Attard OAM worked at ABC for 30 years across radio and television, and she is now head of journalism at UTS. (2) . “It’s actually quite brave, but ultimately pointless, because it’ll tell us what we already know,” she told SBS Italian. Attard cited the work of NewsGuard, an “information integrity organization” based in New York, which has identified thousands of websites focusing on various subjects that are “completely generated by generative AI with no human input, no policies on the website, no editor listed on the website.” Attard warned, “(3) .” Trust and accountability play an essential role in journalism, which explains why Il Foglio’s experiment has caused such a stir internationally. The “novelty” of AI will soon wear off in the media, according to TJ Thomson, a senior lecturer in digital media at RMIT University. “I don’t really think that audiences want fully AI-produced journalism,” he said. “(4) .” Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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