--- title: "Newsweek Is Using AI in Its Articles" description: "A report from Nieman Labs reveals that Newsweek, a 90-year-old journalistic institution, is using AI in its newsroom." date: "2024-04-19" modified: "2024-04-19" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/newsweek-using-ai" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai" - "ai journalism" - "Media" - "the digest" --- # Newsweek Is Using AI in Its Articles ![A report from Nieman Labs reveals that Newsweek, a 90-year-old journalistic institution, is using AI in its newsroom.]() *\Image: Allison Joyce / AFP via Getty / Futurism\* ## Old Dog, New Tricks Reporting [from *Nieman Lab*]() reveals that *Newsweek*, a 90-year-old journalistic institution, is using AI extensively in its newsroom. Per *Nieman*, *Newsweek* first [updated its editorial standards]() to allow the use of text-generating AI tools back in September 2023, writing that "*Newsweek* believes that AI tools can help journalists work faster, smarter and more creatively." "We firmly believe that soon all journalists will be working with AI in some form," the updated guidelines continue, "and we want our newsroom to embrace these technologies as quickly as is possible in an ethical way." Now, six months into *Newsweek's* AI shift, it appears that the institution's AI optimism remains unshaken. As *Nieman* reports, a [fairly recent job listing]() for a position as live news editor declares that the "successful candidate will help to lead a team of reporters using AI and other tools to enhance their reporting." And in an interview with *Nieman*, *Newsweek's* new executive editor Jennifer Cunningham further doubled down on the belief that AI will dictate newsrooms' future success. "I think that the difference between newsrooms that embrace AI and newsrooms that shun AI is really going to prove itself over the next several months and years," Cunningham told *Nieman.* "We have really embraced AI as an opportunity, and not some sort of bogeyman that's lurking in the newsroom." ## Bumper Sticker Cunningham told *Nieman* that *Newsweek* ultimately sees AI as a productivity booster — a [familiar stance]() [among AI-optimistic]() [media executives]() — saying that "we would really like reporters to be able to devote their workday to journalistic output and not the parts of journalism that are a little bit more process-oriented." She also noted that *Newsweek* has no plans to cut jobs in favor of automated tools. As far as AI disclosures go, *Newsweek's* updated policies stipulate that journalists are required to disclose any use of AI to their editors. Interestingly, though, while *Newsweek* includes a link to its AI guidelines at the foot of its articles inviting visitors to "read how *Newsweek* uses AI as a newsroom tool," it doesn't appear to include explicit AI disclaimers on AI-assisted posts. [This post]() that it provided to *Nieman* as an example of an AI-assisted news hit, for instance, never actually tells readers that AI was used in its production; it simply links back to the policies like every other story. Cunningham told *Nieman* that "ethically, it's important" to "make sure that the reader that we're serving is very clear about the use of this technology in the content he or she is viewing or reading." We would agree, though it's unclear how useful *Newsweek'*s very general "we might be using AI here" sticker really is to that effect. **More on AI and journalism:** [*Google Quietly Paying Journalists to Generate Articles Using Unreleased AI*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()