“Los Angeles Times Owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is Again Raising Eyebrows Amongst the Paper’s Staff with the Introduction of an ai-Powed Feature that Analyzes Stories for Their Political ViewPoint. The Executive Chairman of La’s Paper of Record AnnounCed This “La Times Insights” Tool in A Letter to Readers on Monday Alongside a Couple of Other “”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Executive Chairman of La’s Paper of Record AnnounCed This “La Times Insights” Tool in A Letter to Readers on Monday Alongside a Couple of Other Editory Cangngs. The ferature, as demonstrated in several articles that appeared on the paper’s website on monday, situates a piece’s tone with “Center Left”; It Also Summarizes A Piece’s Position and Offers Up “Different Views on the Topic” with Links to Alternate News Articles or Blog Entries.
“The Purpos of Insights is to Offer Readers An Instantly Accessible Way to See A Wide Range of Different Ai-Anabled Perspectives AlongSide the Positions Presented in the Article “I BELIEVE PROVIDING MORE VARIED VIEWPOINTS SUPPORTS OUR Journalistic Mission and Will Help Readers Navigate The Issues Facing This Nation.”
The Insights Feature Will Be Attached Only to Pieces Consided to Be Written “from A Point of View,” WHICH WILL NOW LABELED “VoICES.” The Purpos of Tese Changes, accounting to the Paper’s Owner, is to Further Delineate Opinion Work from News Reporting. Wrote Soon-Schiong, “if a piece taks a stance or is written from a personal personal personal, it may be labeled voices”-WHATher It Is a Classic Opinion Pie, A Film Review.
In a statement, La Times Guild Vice Chair Matt Hamilton Said the Newspaper’s Union Supported Initiatiats that Will Help Readers Better Understand The Media and Opinion Versus News Reporting. “But we donk this Approach-ai-generated Analysis Unvetted by Editorial Staff-Will Do Much to Enhance Trust in the Media,“ Hamilton Said. “Quite the Contrary, This Tool Risks Further Erading Confidentnce in the News. And the Money for this endeavor could have been directed elsewhere: Supporting Our Journalists on the GROUND WHO HAVE HAD NO COST-O-LIVING INCREASE SINCE 2021.
Soon-Shung’s Letter to Readers On Monday Noted that Errors May Be Produced As A Result of the Insights Feature. “AI is an Experimental, Evolving Technology. If You See An Error, Please Report It On the Insights Page, “The Letter Stated.
Soon-Shiong Has Promised Such A Tool Since at Late Late Last Year, WHEN Hen AnnounCed the Paper’s Product Team Was Working on a “Bias Meter.”
Tensions Between Soon-Shiong, Who Boughht The Times in 2018, and the Paper’s Staff Began Spilling Out Into The Open Early Last Year As Top Editor Kevin Merida Headed for the Exits. But Things escalated in Late October After Was Revealed that soon-shiiong Decided the Paper Wuld not Endorse Any Presidential Candidate in the 2024 Election, Prompting Three Ressa.
Soon-Shung Has Since Been On An Apparent Campaign to Reshape the Paper, Going On Fox News in November To Claim Heve Move The Publication in the Direction of Sharing the “Views of Al. Commentary Scott Jennings to Join The Editory Board (Jennings Now Contributes Pieces to the Paper). Recently, Meanwhile, A Buyout Offer Has Shrunk The Paper’s Staff. Editorial Writer Carla Hall, Who Has Said She Was The Final Member of the Editorial Board Beard She Left, Took The Offer.