The New York Times begins providing AI tools for products and editors

According to reports, the New York Times recently announced that it would allow its products and editorial teams to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools, marking an important step forward in technological innovation. The news was conveyed to employees through an internal email, which introduced the newly launched internal AI summary tool, Echo.

In this email, The New York Times also shared a range of AI products for employees to build network products or develop editorial ideas. At the same time, the newspaper has also developed relevant editorial guidelines for the use of AI tools, encouraging the editorial team to use these tools to conduct editing suggestions, brainstorm interview questions, and assist in research. However, employees are reminded not to use AI to write or substantially modify articles, nor to enter confidential source information.

In addition, the email also mentioned that the New York Times may use AI to enable digital dubbing articles and translate content into other languages. These initiatives are designed to improve work efficiency while ensuring the originality and authenticity of the content.

In terms of technology selection, the New York Times said it will approve the use of certain AI programs, including GitHub C opilot programming assistant for coding, Google's Vertex AI for product development, NotebookLM, and some Amazon AI products, and will also use OpenAI. non-ChatGPT API, accessed through a commercial account.

It is worth noting that while embracing AI technology, the New York Times is still in a legal lawsuit with OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the other party of using its content to train generative AI without permission, which makes this transformation The measures seem particularly complicated.