The New York Times is building a team to explore AI in the newsroom

The New York Times will begin building a team to explore the use of generative AI in its newsroom. Zach Seward, who was recently hired by the publication to head AI initiatives, posted on Threads that the team will be “focused on prototyping uses of generative AI and other machine-learning techniques to help with reporting and how the Times is presented to readers.”

Seward’s post said the Times plans to hire a machine learning engineer, a software engineer, a designer, …

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