February 17, 2025:
NYT Embraces AI for Editorial Innovation - The New York Times permits its product and editorial teams to use AI tools for tasks such as writing social copy, SEO headlines, brainstorming, and research. Echo, a new internal AI summary tool, has been launched alongside editorial guidelines for AI use. These guidelines prohibit using AI for drafting or heavily revising articles and emphasize confidentiality.
Approved AI tools include GitHub Copilot and Google's Vertex AI. This development arises amid a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft concerning AI training practices using the publisher's content.
