Co-Authoring with AI
- svictrum2
- Feb 23, 2025
- 2 min read
I will be exploring the AI policies of an online magazine/news site, The New York Times compared to a corporate company and online search engine, Google. One of The New York Times policy states, "Artificial intelligence also helps us make The Times more accessible to more people. You can listen to most of our articles, through automated-voice technology, and read articles in Spanish created with the help of translation models. We thoroughly edit the translations before publication." One of Google's policies is, "We make tools that empower others to harness AI for individual and collective benefit." Both of these AI policies are focused on making AI more accessible for many different groups of people. Google's statement focuses more on utilizing AI for individual and collaborative purposes and using it for beneficial purposes, whereas The New York Times statement focuses more on making AI accessible for everyone regardless of the language you speak, or if you're vision impaired. They also make note to recheck AI work to make sure it's accurate. In Jabotinsky and Sarel’s “Co-Authoring with AI” article, they mention the importance of a mixed approach when it comes to using AI in a beneficial way and a non-beneficial way. In the article, they state, "AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process...should only be used to improve readability and language of the work." This relates directly to both AI policies but especially The New York Times article and how they use AI in their articles to help the understanding of their readers.
Works Cited
“How the New York Times Uses A.I. For Journalism.” Nytimes.com, The New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024, www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/reader-center/how-new-york-times-uses-ai-journalism.html.
Google. “Google AI Principles.” Google AI, 2023, ai.google/responsibility/principles/.
Jabotinsky, Hadar Y., and Roee Sarel. "Co-Authoring with an AI? Ethical Dilemmas and Artificial Intelligence." Arizona State Law Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-45.
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Hey, have you heard about NYT suing the makers of ChatGPT becuase it was trained on their copyrighted material? I think there’s going to be more regulations not just about user experience but about ai using their content.