New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
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> Can you revise this paragraph to make it tighter?
> Pretend you are posting this Times article to Facebook. How would you promote it?
> Summarize this Times article in a concise, conversational voice for a newsletter.
> Can you propose five search-optimized headlines for this Times article?
> Can you summarize this play written by Shakespeare?
> Can you summarize this federal government report in layman’s terms?
All of these functions are currently done by other people specialized in the task. So you know what this move is fixing to do.
Do you?
Because, historically speaking, when companies make use of technology to improve productivity, it's not always (or even usually) to reduce headcount.
It's very often to dedicate more resources to more productive tasks. If journalists can offload a bunch of grunt work, they can write more actual higher-quality journalism.k
The entire history of economic progress is about making it possible for employees do more, not merely doing the same with less employees.
> Pretend you are posting this Times article to Facebook. How would you promote it?
IMO you can rely on GenAI confidently for only these two out of the 7 tasks.
Many organisations are using AI to help generate content - but the delivery is still pretty much the same as printed newspapers a couple of centuries ago.
1. What's happened to this rolling news story since I last read about it this morning.
2. Create a decent background briefing article about this topic.
3. Send/show me a morning briefing(s) for the topics I've subscribed to, but don't bombard me with articles I've already read or that match multiple topics.