New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use

New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use

After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday reminding them of the paper’s AI policy. “To be clear on AI: All writing and visuals that freelancers submit to The Times must be the product of human creativity and craft, and all submissions must consist solely of their original reporting, writing and other work,” reads the email, reviewed by Futurism. “Freelance contributors must not…

Internal email: in a "periodic reminder", NYT tells freelancers they must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated by AI tools (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)

Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism: Internal email: in a “periodic reminder”, NYT tells freelancers they must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated by AI tools  —  After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday reminding them of the paper's AI policy.