New York Times journalists are allowed to use AI to help them think of interview questions, but not write stories.
They may use it to help them come up with searchable headlines or story summaries suitable for social media, but not for wholesale editing.
They’ll all be offered training on a range of AI models including one built specially for them (called Echo), and encouraged to think of them “not as some magical solution but as a powerful tool that… may be used in the service of our mission”. Semafor has the scoop.
It notes that the NYT is simultaneously embracing AI and suing OpenAI for allegedly training its models on NYT content without permission.
Can the paper have things both ways, given that it’s paying for access to commercial models? Keir Starmer thinks so.
The former prosecutor supported a British bid to make AI behemoths pay for news last year. Microsoft is accusing the NYT of “stifling innovation” even so.
