AFAIU Reuters is one of the leaders in terms of news/wire agencies for generating things like that via machine learning and other algos. It might be an automat

AFAIU Reuters is one of the leaders in terms of news/wire agencies for generating things like that via machine learning and other algos. It might be an automated choice, where the author or editor merely had to check a few boxes before publishing to get a remotely relevant clipart and caption, essentially. Saves a lot of time and money in an age where it's sort of a weird abstract form that needs to be fulfilled. -> Hed -> Byline - Date -> (Dek) -> Graphic -> Caption -> Body Copy That is, it's not to say the system is elegant, yet.... https://innovation.thomsonreuters.com/en/labs.html https://innovation.thomsonreuters.com/en/labs.html edit: LOL. Just a few more clicks brought me to this article. I laughed. https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/answerson/art-artificial-intelligence/ https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/answerson/art-artificial-in...