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Interesting point… > A top concern for The Times is that ChatGPT is, in a sense, becoming a direct competitor with the paper by creating text that answers ques
by 8ig8 3y ago
Interesting point…
> A top concern for The Times is that ChatGPT is, in a sense, becoming a direct competitor with the paper by creating text that answers questions based on the original reporting and writing of the paper's staff.
- nemo44x 3y agoIt’s sort of ironic though since the Times is “news” where as GPT is built on historic texts. Of course that gap will tighten until we have near real-time models. But that’s not the reality today.
- dekhn 3y agoThe Times is not merely news, it is the paper of record for the united states (meaning its historical articles are indexed and commonly used to establish prior facts).
- crazygringo 3y agoIt's not like that's an official designation or anything. It's just something people say. If you're looking to prove a prior fact in a court case, you're perfectly allowed to cite the Washington Post or the Boston Globe or anything else that has a good reputation. There are lots of "papers of record" in the US -- you're not limited to one per country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record#By_reputation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record#By_reputat...
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- prepend 3y agoI think it’s ironic because news organizations observe the world and then synthesize it into reporting. Imagine if someone doing a thing sued NYT for watching them do it, linking it to other issues and producing a new article. News itself is a derived content that’s dependent on other people doing things.