--- title: The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers description: The New York Times has quietly begun showing a subset of readers AI-generated summaries of its own reporting on a new search page, marking the first time text... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers | daily.dev og:description: The New York Times has quietly begun showing a subset of readers AI-generated summaries of its own reporting on a new search page, marking the first time text... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jZcZG72X4.png og:image:alt: The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The New York Times has quietly begun showing a subset of readers AI-generated summaries of its own reporting on a new search page, marking the first time text unreviewed by a journalist or editor appears in the news product. The Times says it's experimenting with better search; Wirecutter already runs a similar tool. The editorial union, the Times Guild, says management disclosed the test during contract bargaining in July and is pushing for rules requiring human oversight and a share of AI licensing revenue for staff. Critics point to prior AI mishaps, like the Washington Post's error-riddled AI podcast and BuzzFeed's AI-driven layoffs, as cautionary examples. The Times has not disclosed which model powers the summaries, how many readers see them, whether they're labeled, or how errors will be handled. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is the New York Times using AI to generate summaries on its website? Yes, the New York Times has begun showing AI-generated summaries to a small subset of readers on a new search page, alongside excerpts and links to Times stories. It draws only on the paper's own journalism rather than the open web. The Times has not disclosed which AI model powers it, how many readers see it, or how long the test will run. _Follow how newsrooms roll out AI summarization tools and the scrutiny that follows on daily.dev._ ### What AI-related issues have news organizations run into recently? The Washington Post's AI-generated podcast feature produced errors and fictional quotes, and BuzzFeed cut a third of its staff after betting heavily on AI content. These cases fuel concerns from the New York Times Guild, which argues that summarization tools have repeatedly produced embarrassing mistakes and that human oversight should be mandatory before AI text reaches readers. _Developers weighing AI content tools can track real-world failure cases like these on daily.dev._ ### What AI rules is the New York Times Guild demanding from management? The Times Guild wants a contract clause requiring human oversight of any AI use, which would make an unsupervised search summarization tool impractical to run. It also wants an employee payment pool that splits 22.5% of the paper's AI licensing deals for training data among unionized staff. Bargaining over these clauses is ongoing and unresolved. _daily.dev helps readers track labor and policy fights shaping how AI gets deployed at scale._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages](https://daily.dev/posts/google-is-testing-ai-powered-article-overviews-on-select-publications-google-news-pages-ynfamcnpw) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Has AI Tells](https://daily.dev/posts/has-ai-tells-qnki3okqe) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why We're Banning AI](https://daily.dev/posts/why-we-re-banning-ai-nhe5gtwea) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NYT, AFP and Economist join SPUR coalition on AI use of news](https://daily.dev/posts/nyt-afp-and-economist-join-spur-coalition-on-ai-use-of-news-l62vma9cf) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#ethical-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ethical-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T17:44:25.052Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T17:44:52.275Z","description":"The New York Times has quietly begun showing a subset of readers AI-generated summaries of its own reporting on a new search page, marking the first time text...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/249e934cdfa47da15cba0a6c81c068e8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/249e934cdfa47da15cba0a6c81c068e8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"genai,ethical-ai","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-york-times-is-testing-ai-summaries-on-readers-jzczg72x4#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the New York Times using AI to generate summaries on its website?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, the New York Times has begun showing AI-generated summaries to a small subset of readers on a new search page, alongside excerpts and links to Times stories. 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