The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review

"Preston admitted that he had used AI to assist writing the review and did not spot the sections that were pulled from the Guardian before submitting it."

"His reliance on AI and his use of unattributed work by another writer are a clear violation of the Times's standards."

"Language that appears to be lifted from the Guardian review includes descriptions of characters lazy Machiavellian Stefano appears as lazy, Machiavellian Stefano in the New York Times version."

"The Guardian review states that the book is most significantly a song of love to a country of contradictions, battered, war-torn, divided, misguided and miraculous."

The New York Times terminated its relationship with freelance journalist Alex Preston after he admitted to using AI to assist in writing a book review. The review, which mirrored elements from a Guardian review, was flagged by a reader. An investigation revealed Preston failed to identify and remove sections lifted from the Guardian. The Times issued an editor's note acknowledging the AI use and the overlap, emphasizing that Preston's actions violated their standards.

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