The Aboard Podcast Kate Lee: Can AI Replace Editors Like Me?
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Aug 18, 2026 
Kate Lee, editor-in-chief at Every and AI-focused publishing leader. She talks about integrating AI into editorial workflows and experiments to automate copyediting and tasks. She describes which tasks feel safe to automate, how writers use AI differently, and practical steps for small publishers to start automating.
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Every Is A Product-Driven AI Publication
- Every is a subscription-focused publication and product company aiming to keep readers at the edge of AI.
- It began as a bundle of business and tech newsletters and shifted focus after early AI product experiments like Lex.
Boss Openly Said He Wanted To Automate My Job
- Dan Shipper repeatedly told Kate he wanted to automate parts of her editing job starting around GPT-3's release.
- The goal was reducing rote copyediting so editors could focus on higher-level work, not immediate layoffs.
Raise The Floor Before Automating The Ceiling
- Raise the floor of incoming drafts by codifying what has worked historically so editors see more consistent quality.
- Use your archive of successful pieces to extract rules and processes before automating with AI.
