A year ago The Defiant, a media company focused on decentralized finance (DeFi), partnered with DeepNewz to integrate AI-generated news into its editorial workflow. The collaboration has reshaped its content strategy, showing how AI can augment journalism rather than replace it, according to a recent post from The Defiant.
With a small team of around seven journalists, The Defiant faced a common challenge: whether to chase general cryptocurrency news, which drives higher traffic, or focus exclusively on DeFi and web3 stories for its core audience. Working with DeepNewz allowed the newsroom to offload general crypto coverage to AI, freeing human reporters to focus on more specialist, higher-value journalism.
DeepNewz is an AI platform that generates original content in real time. Rather than aggregating existing articles, it analyses tweets from over 20,000 journalists, writers and bloggers to identify emerging stories. Its system produces factual summaries across the crypto sector, covering everything from regulation updates and token prices to NFT sales and industry gossip. The Defiant then curates this material for its readers.
Initially, DeepNewz fed stories via API into The Defiant’s content management system, with editors manually selecting and approving each piece. A disclaimer identifies the AI authorship. While the company trialled automated publishing, it opted to retain human curation to safeguard editorial standards.
The Defiant reports stronger web traffic from the AI-powered updates, with more stories going viral thanks to faster, broader coverage. Meanwhile, its journalists have been able to focus on long-form features and analysis, strengthening the brand’s authority in its niche.
While many newsrooms view AI as a threat, The Defiant’s experience suggests it can be a useful tool. AI has reduced the workload on routine updates, cut content production costs and allowed reporters to concentrate on more complex stories. Errors in AI-generated pieces have been rare and quickly corrected.
Unlike systems that summarise existing news, DeepNewz uses real-time social media monitoring to generate original reports. Its searchable archive, organised by topic and priority, provides efficient access to both current and past stories.
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The narrative originates from The Defiant, a reputable media company specialising in decentralized finance (DeFi). The article is authored by Camila Russo, a known figure in the DeFi space. DeepNewz, the AI-driven news platform mentioned, is also a legitimate entity with an online presence. All individuals and organisations mentioned can be verified online, indicating a high level of reliability.
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