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…Newsweek Is Using AI in Its Articles