A.I., Journalism and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square
New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger spoke Monday at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in France. The World Association of News Publishers represents more than 18,000 publications in 100 countries.
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New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger warns that A.I. companies are violating settled law and urges news organizations to stand up for their rights to ensure a sustainable future for reporting. He spoke Monday at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress, delivering these prepared remarks.
A.G. Sulzberger:
The era of artificial intelligence announced its arrival less than four years ago with the public launch of ChatGPT. Within months, OpenAI’s chatbot collected 100 million users, making it the fastest-growing consumer product in history. Today, it is one of many increasingly powerful A.I. offerings, alongside those of Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft and X.
There is little doubt that generative artificial intelligence represents the next major tech revolution, one that brings with it a dizzying array of important questions. Will A.I. spur a surge of productivity? Eliminate entire categories of jobs? Will A.I. unlock amazing medical breakthroughs? Facilitate a biological attack? Can the actions of A.I. models and agents be fully understood? Can they be controlled?
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