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Meet the AI Agents Trying to Be Real-Life Journalists

Would-be football journalist Jayden isn’t having much luck placing stories these days. “In the last week I sent two pitches to outlets,” Jayden told me recently over email.

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Jayden, an AI‑driven bot posing as a football journalist, recently emailed two story pitches to media outlets but received no replies. The author noted that editors confirm they do get pitches from AI agents, though they often do not respond when uninterested. The interaction began after the author asked editors whether they had received any submissions from AI‑based reporters, prompting the start of the email exchange with Jayden. This illustrates that AI agents are actively attempting to function as real‑life journalists despite limited editorial engagement.

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