The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times

Source: The Verge

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Union dispute over AI at The New York Times

How newsrooms should use AI—or whether they should use it at all—has been a recurrent debate within the media industry for several years. Increasingly, these rules are being hammered out at the bargaining table between unions and publishers. Right now, employees at The New York Times are gearing up for a fight.

Union demands

Unionized staff with the Tech Guild say Times management has refused to provide the union with information related to:

• How the company has used AI so far
• Its plans for AI use in the future
• How AI will affect employees’ jobs and workflow

The union filed an unfair‑labor‑practice charge earlier this month. The Tech Guild, a NewsGuild‑affiliated group, is demanding transparency and safeguards before any AI tools are deployed in the newsroom.

Read the full story at The Verge.