For those unaware, Microsoft News is the companys news content arm that operates MSN.com and other properties.
They have been notified that their services would no longer be needed beyond June 30.
However, full-time news producers employed by Microsoft will continue to stay with the company.
They also planned content, maintained the editorial calendars of partner news websites and assigned content to them.
Microsoft has been gradually moving away from human-created content to AI in recent months.
It has also been encouraging publishers and journalists to make use of AI.
The company says the latest move is part of an evaluation of its business.
This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time to time, re-deployment in others.
These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic.
Microsoft is one of many tech companies experimenting with AI journalism to cut costs.
Another tech giant is Google who too has invested in robot journalist projects to understand how it might work.
source: www.techworm.net
