The Newsfeed: Records show broad ChatGPT use by WA city officials
A Cascade PBS/KNKX investigation found that AI was used to help write emails to constituents, mayoral letters and other government communications.
Paris Jackson is the host of “The Newsfeed”. She’s an Emmy Award-winning journalist with 15+ years in TV news and public media. A former anchor/reporter at KOMO-TV in Seattle. She is an editor-at-large at Cascade PBS. Paris-jackson@cascadepbs.org
A Cascade PBS/KNKX investigation found that AI was used to help write emails to constituents, mayoral letters and other government communications.
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