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New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.
The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools could eventually write social copy, SEO headlines, and some code. It remains embroiled in a legal battle with OpenAI in court, alleging that the company trained its models on Times content without permission, amounting to massive copyright infringement. Speaking to staff over the weekend, some felt that their teams may not initially use AI for fear that it could inspire laziness or uncreative headlines or other outputs, and could generate inaccurate information that wasn’t useful.
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