Opinion | ChatGPT Is Already Changing How I Do My Job
Farhad Manjoo describes how [[ChatGPT]], released by [[OpenAI]], has become a useful, if imperfect, tool in his journalism work at [[The New York Times]]. He compares its adoption to transformative technologies like the iPhone and explains practical uses — finding the exact word, unsticking writers, drafting transitions, summarizing complex documents and generating ideas for headlines, interview questions and sources — while warning that the chatbot is prone to errors, fabrications and opaque biases. Manjoo recounts colleagues such as [[Nicholas Carlson]] and [[Steve Duenes]] experimenting with guidelines and working groups to manage risks, and argues that journalists should treat chatbots as semi-reliable sources: useful for speed and brainstorming but always needing verification and human judgment. He emphasizes that integrating these tools will take years of trial and error and that newsrooms must develop clear policies to preserve accuracy, fairness and public trust.