Signals, Semafor's proposal based on Microsoft's AI and OpenAI to offer breaking news with more sophistication.

Source: Luca de Tena Foundation, Journalism Lab.

By the editorial staff.

Semafor has just unveiled Signals, a global, multi-source news service that aims to innovate the way breaking news is consumed. Using advanced tools from Microsoft and Open AI, the project aims to provide readers with sophisticated insights and analysis on major world events in real time.

Signals focuses on compiling a summary of the day's best news from a variety of sources, including paid media outlets such as The Washington Post or Financial Times. This summary is created by the media's journalists with the help of AI, which makes it possible to broaden the scope of the news and offer broader and more diverse perspectives to readers, according to Semafor.

According to the media outlet, although the news service is AI-enabled, the role of the journalist is still present, as AI "helps to search for news sources in multiple languages and geographies".

Semafor points out that the initiative distances itself from the practice, common in the last decade, of news organizations quickly converting press releases and alerts into preliminary stories, seeking to be the "first" on platforms such as Twitter or Google.

Instead, the newspaper says, Signals seeks to satisfy consumer interest in authoritative information and a diversity of perspectives that no single medium can offer.

Signals relies on narrative structures that separate facts and analysis, organizing information to bring clarity and perspective to complex news stories. Semafor journalists, supported by AI tools, select core facts and key analysis from a wide range of global sources, including opposing views on the same information, facilitating a richer and more nuanced understanding of the news, Semafor details.

The Signals platform will be available on Semafor's home page, in its main newsletter and through the company's other products.