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Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Times has decided to apply AI to its product and editorial teams, saying that in-house tools may be used in the future to write social media copy, SEO headlines, and some of its code. According to a report from Semafor today, an email notification from the company said it will offer AI training to editorial staff and launch a new tool called "Echo. The company also shared editorial guidelines for using AI and offered several AI products that employees can use to develop products and ideas for the site. "Generative AI helps journalists dig for the truth and helps...

According to a report by the New York Times, OpenAI, Google, and Meta have been accused of misconduct in training artificial intelligence models. The New York Times report states that OpenAI used a speech recognition tool called Whisper to transcribe audio from YouTube videos, and OpenAI employees allegedly discussed that this behavior might violate the video site's rules. OpenAI ultimately transcribed more than 1 million hours of YouTube videos, and with the assistance of OpenAI President Greg Brockman, these transcriptions were…

Microsoft has filed a motion to dismiss against the New York Times' infringement lawsuit in an attempt to dismiss key parts of the case. Previously, The New York Times sued Microsoft and its partner OpenAI for copyright infringement for using its articles to train large-scale language models (LLMs) without permission. In its filing, Microsoft accused the Times of spreading "doomsday theories," saying it was exaggerating the threat AI technology poses to independent journalism. That claim echoes a similar motion filed by OpenAI in February, which also sought to dismiss several key allegations in the case. Like OpenAI,...

OpenAI has asked a U.S. federal judge to dismiss part of a copyright lawsuit filed against it by The New York Times for "hacking" into AI systems such as the chatbot ChatGPT, generating "misleading" evidence for the previous lawsuit, Reuters and Ars Technica report. "Pexels Image source Pexels On Monday local time, OpenAI filed a document in Manhattan federal court claiming that the New York Times' allegations against OpenAI do not meet the rigorous journalistic standards for which it is known. "As this case progresses, the truth will come out and The...

The New York Times recently announced that it will form a team to explore the use of generative artificial intelligence and learning machine technology in the newsroom. The focus of the team will be to try to use generative artificial intelligence and learning machine technology to help report and submit news. The New York Times said that although artificial intelligence tools will be introduced, it emphasizes that news will still be provided by other professional journalists, written, edited and reported. It is reported that the main members of the team will include machine learning engineers, software engineers, designers and editors. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, and the picture licensing service provider Midjourney The New York Times also stated that the team will be led by editors…

The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI on December 27, US time, on the grounds that the companies violated its copyright by using its articles to train artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT. This reflects the growing tension between the media and AI technologies that could have a disruptive impact on journalism. The New York Times reportedly claimed that millions of copyrighted articles it published were used to train automated chatbots owned by two companies that are now considered credible sources of information, forming a direct line to news organizations such as The New York Times...