‘The New York Times’ Tries AI’s Headline-Writing Capability: Report (mediapost.com)

The New York Times — which is fighting OpenAI and Microsoft in court, attempting to block use of its content for training models — is not beyond testing AI to write headlines and enforce its style guide, according to The Intercept.

The Times has developed a tool that would use OpenAI to perform those tasks, The Intercept continues.

A Times spokesperson acknowledged the effort, but said it was temporary.
more at: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/397592/the-new-york-times-tries-ais-headline-writing-c.html

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