Project Brief: Iain Morris Style Article Generator

Core Mission

Create an AI-powered system that generates telecom industry news articles in the distinctive style of Iain Morris from Light Reading, capturing his analytical writing style, technical expertise, and slightly irreverent tone.

Project Scope

Build a complete article generation pipeline that:

Scrapes articles by Iain Morris from Light Reading
Preprocesses the data for fine-tuning
Fine-tunes a large language model using LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation)
Deploys a Gradio app for interactive article generation

Success Criteria

Primary: Generate coherent, technically accurate telecom articles
Secondary: Capture Iain Morris's distinctive cynical, doom-laden voice
Technical: Fast generation (2-5 seconds), memory efficient operation
Usability: Simple web interface for non-technical users

Current Achievement Level

Phase 1 Complete ✅: Basic fine-tuning working with coherent content generation Phase 2 Target 🎯: Enhanced style authenticity (70% → 90%+ style accuracy)

Key Constraints

Hardware: Optimized for Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3 chips
Memory: Must operate within 8GB RAM efficiently
Ethics: Educational/research use only, requires human review before publication
Legal: Respectful use of publicly available content with proper attribution

Target Users

Telecom industry professionals seeking content inspiration
Researchers studying AI writing style transfer
Developers learning fine-tuning techniques
Anyone interested in Iain Morris's distinctive journalistic voice

Non-Goals

Production-ready content generation without human oversight
Real-time news reporting or breaking news coverage
Commercial publication without proper review and attribution
Replacement of human journalism