The New York Times has begun testing its first generative AI tool for readers, a step the publication hopes will improve its troubled search feature but which has also alarmed some of the paper’s journalists.
In recent weeks, the paper has quietly rolled out a new search page for a small subset of visitors that responds to queries with excerpts and relevant links to Times stories, as well as AI-generated summaries of Times reporting. It’s the news arm’s first test of AI-generated text that is unmediated by a Times journalist or editor.
In a statement to Semafor, Times spokesperson Graham James said the new AI tool was intended to improve reader queries.
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