《The New York Times" recently announced that it will form a team to explore the use of generation in the newsroom The team's focus will be on trying to use theGenerative AIand learning machine technology to help report and submit news.
The New York Times said that while AI tools will be introduced, it emphasized that news will still be written, edited and reported by other professions providing journalists. It is said that the key members of the team will include machine learning engineers, software engineers, designers and editors.
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The New York Times also said that the team would be headed by editors and also include engineering, research and design talent as an experimental team whether for news or in-house. They will work with the news, product and technology teams to bring theoptimalIdeas are transformed from prototypes to some products.
It's worth noting that the New York Times has had its ups and downs with Generative Artificial Intelligence style in the past. The company blocked OpenAI's web crawler and has also sued OpenAI over itsmaximum's investor, Microsoft, accused ChatGPT of completely crafting its articles, damaging the company's relationship with readers and increasing its revenue. It remains to be seen whether the New York Times will work with the AI model or develop its own tools.
Recently, a number of news organizations have begun to explore how to bring AI (whether generative or "traditional" machine learning) into news production. Meanwhile, the move by The New York Times reflects the journalism industry's ongoing exploration and experimentation with the use of AI.