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What is “Ask The Post AI”?

I remember growing up with that classic newsboy image, likely from movies — scrappy, yelling in his New York accent, waving a newspaper in one hand and reaching for a nickel with the other.

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Read all about it! But today, the Washington Post has done a great job. They’re changing the old-school newsboy for something way more 21st century: “Ask The Post AI.”

Yes, you read it right. Instead of a person delivering the news, it’s an AI-powered chatbot that is ready to answer all your queries.

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