How AI is creeping into The New York Times
- Mar 27
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THE ATLANTIC — Kate Gilgan, the author of the column, told me that she hadn’t copied and pasted language from an AI model into her work. “However, I did utilize AI as a tool,” she added, seeking “inspiration and guidance and correction.” She said she’d prompted various products (including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity) to help her stay on topic in a paragraph, for example, or stick to a theme.
“I used AI as a collaborative editor and not as a content generator,” she said. In response to questions about the column, a New York Times spokesperson noted that the paper’s contracts require freelancers to abide by its ethical-journalism handbook, which mandates that AI use “adhere to established journalistic standards and editing processes” and that “substantial use of generative A.I.” be clearly disclosed to readers.
Asked for comment on whether Gilgan’s AI use rose to the level requiring disclosure, the spokesperson said in an email: “Journalism at The Times is inherently a human endeavor. That will not change. As technology evolves, we are consistently assessing best practices for our newsroom.”
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