“Generative AI can assist our journalists in uncovering the truth and helping more people understand the world.” As Walt Whitman once wrote , The New York Times is large. It contains multitudes. One part of the company is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for training their large language models on Times content. It seeks “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” for the companies’ “use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.” But as Semafor reported Monday , the newsroom is on board with using AI in the story production process — some AI tools, at least. And the green-lit list includes models from…OpenAI and Microsoft. Max Tani : The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools could […]
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