Introduction:According to a recent New York Times piece, Google is Testing an AI Tool has begun marketing to the media and is piloting a tool that uses AI to generate news items. Owning The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post is News Corp., which also got AI technology from the internet behemoth. Google is Testing an AI Tool:Google is Testing an AI Tool (Image Source: nytimes.com)The report comes as several media outlets, such as NPR and Insider, have informed staff members that they plan to investigate how AI might be ethically employed in their newsrooms. The Associated Press is one news company that has long employed AI to produce stories on topics like corporate earnings. In a strategy that ultimately backfired for the corporation, American media outlet CNET surreptitiously started employing generative AI to produce articles earlier this year.

Source: New York Times July 22, 2023 15:25 UTC