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See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll.

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Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, March 10th. I'm Isabel Buscett for the Wall Street Journal.

Today we're looking at two industries that seemed ripe for AI disruption, or maybe even death.

But so far we're seeing the opposite. First, AI might be the savior local news has been waiting for. Across the country,

local reporters are using the tech to cover more stories more deeply, although it's not without risks. Next up, the consulting industry is also getting a boost from AI giants. We're diving

into how a flurry of deals between AI labs and

large consultancies are mutually beneficial, at least for now. But first, for years, AI has felt

like a threat to journalism, with its promise to create loads of cheap content online

without any human intervention. But it turns out the technology has actually been a boon for

local news. Reporters in underfunded and understaff newsrooms are now using AI to monitor

police scanners in town meetings, saving them hours that they say they can now spend on deeper investigative reporting.

Across the industry, AI is writing the first draft of an article which a human then edits.

Wall Street Journal media reporter Alexander Bruel joins us to talk about how it's all working and what could go wrong.

Alex, from your perspective, how much of a game changer is this for these local... us to talk about how it's all working and what could go wrong.

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