The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers

The New York Times has quietly begun showing a small group of visitors AI-generated summaries alongside excerpts and links on its search pages, marking the newsroom’s first test of machine-written text that bypasses any journalist or editor review. The tool draws exclusively from Times reporting, but union officials argue it violates existing editorial AI standards and lack required human oversight, prompting ongoing bargaining over AI-related contract clauses.