{"id":12205,"date":"2021-08-06T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:25:06","slug":"how-to-utilise-artificial-intelligence-in-public-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/public-relations-blog\/how-to-utilise-artificial-intelligence-in-public-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Utilise Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the ability to change the way we handle PR and marketing communications.<\/p>\n

AI is an umbrella term for technologies which enable machines in order to perform cognitive tasks-such as seeing, writing, moving, reading, or analysing data – as-well or better than – humans. AI technologies may be trained on tasks by humans or, in the case of machine learning, learn to get better on their own.<\/p>\n

You utilise AI every day, even if you don’t know it:<\/p>\n

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  • Your phone’s voice assistant uses AI technologies like natural language processing (NLP) and natural language generation (NLG) to answer your questions.<\/li>\n
  • Gmail uses AI to predict what you’ll type next and complete sentences for you.<\/li>\n
  • Amazon relies on AI to recommend products for you based on what you’ve bought in the past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These are just a number of examples of how AI impacts your daily consumer life. However, if your work involves PR and\/or marketing communications<\/a>, AI could dramatically impact your professional life, too.<\/p>\n

    That’s as AI offers brands an unprecedented ability in order to increase revenue and reduce costs through more intelligent automation and machine-powered predictions.<\/p>\n

    AI in PR: The Conversation Has Just Started<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Even though the number of AI tools accessible for PR professionals is growing exponentially, there seems to be little understanding of the influence this technology is having on the industry. For instance, the USC 2019 Global Communications Report demonstrated that 86% of PR professionals and students considered themselves to be \u201csomewhat\u201d or \u201cnot at all\u201d knowledgeable regarding the application of artificial intelligence in communications.<\/p>\n

    Nevertheless, a significant portion of PR specialists reported that they were making use of tech services in order to conduct media monitoring, website analytics, social media management as well as social listening, all of which are likely to be using some form of AI. These findings make the suggestion that there currently exists a significant misunderstanding \u2014 perhaps a knowledge gap \u2014 regarding the actual state of AI technology advancement as it can be applied to supporting or evolving the capabilities in the PR industry.<\/p>\n

    How Is AI Being Utilised In PR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The modern age of PR is digitally focused and, owing to this, AI is utilised in order to assist PR professionals with data<\/a> management, identifying insights as well as automating tasks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>