NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows

The New York Times appended an editors' note after discovering a freelance reviewer used an AI tool to help draft a book review.

A reader alerted the paper to striking similarities between the January NYT review and a Guardian review from August, prompting an investigation.

The NYT cut ties with the freelance writer after he admitted using AI and failing to catch unattributed sections, and the paper found no problems in his earlier reviews.