Zach Seward
@zachseward.com
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👨💻 AI initiatives at @nytimes.com
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👨💻 AI initiatives at @nytimes.com
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The new version of notification summaries for news apps in iOS 26 solves the problem of introducing errors by being as boring as possible.
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The new version of notification summaries for news apps in iOS 26 solves the problem of introducing errors by being as boring as possible.
Today is the 10th anniversary of Apple forcing that U2 album on everyone’s iTunes, and let it be known that, to this day, my two-year-old loves the HomePod because every time he touches it, it plays U2.
September 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today is the 10th anniversary of Apple forcing that U2 album on everyone’s iTunes, and let it be known that, to this day, my two-year-old loves the HomePod because every time he touches it, it plays U2.
MSNBC aired several hours of Nicolle Wallace’s podcast on TV last night, thus completing the media singularity. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Nicolle Wallace's New Podcast Just Became MSNBC's Latest TV Show
MSNBC is filling certain weekend and holiday slots with Nicolle Wallace's new "The Best People" podcast, breaking old rules about what airs on TV
variety.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
MSNBC aired several hours of Nicolle Wallace’s podcast on TV last night, thus completing the media singularity. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
FaceID not recognizing you is the new someone saying you look tired
August 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
FaceID not recognizing you is the new someone saying you look tired
"GPT-4o wouldn’t do that." @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com talked to ChatGPT users in parasocial relationships with a specific model about what they did when it suddenly went away. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
The Chatbot Updated. Users Lost a Friend.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"GPT-4o wouldn’t do that." @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com talked to ChatGPT users in parasocial relationships with a specific model about what they did when it suddenly went away. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
On the internet, nobody knows you're a pelican riding a bicycle.
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On the internet, nobody knows you're a pelican riding a bicycle.
Incredible deep dive into one man's three-week delusional spiral caused by ChatGPT. @kashhill.bsky.social and @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com analyzed the chats, totaling more than a million words, to explain why this keeps happening and demonstrate that all the major chatbots do it.
Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Incredible deep dive into one man's three-week delusional spiral caused by ChatGPT. @kashhill.bsky.social and @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com analyzed the chats, totaling more than a million words, to explain why this keeps happening and demonstrate that all the major chatbots do it.
Fascinating analysis shows how conservative influencers made a mountain out of American Eagle’s molehill www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
Right-Wing Influence Shaped the Sydney Sweeney Ad Debate - The New York Times
Right-wing commentators suggested there was widespread criticism of Ms. Sweeney over her new ad campaign. There wasn’t, at least at first.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fascinating analysis shows how conservative influencers made a mountain out of American Eagle’s molehill www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
What kind of chaotic-evil pasta does not provide a recommended cooking time?
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What kind of chaotic-evil pasta does not provide a recommended cooking time?
I’ve read a hundred stories about the grass at Wimbledon in my lifetime, and I’ll gladly read a hundred more on.ft.com/4lFmDHm
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’ve read a hundred stories about the grass at Wimbledon in my lifetime, and I’ll gladly read a hundred more on.ft.com/4lFmDHm
Remembering my dad this weekend, a year after his death. www.zachseward.com/stephen-clar...
Stephen Clark Seward
My eulogy for Dad
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June 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remembering my dad this weekend, a year after his death. www.zachseward.com/stephen-clar...
Reposted by Zach Seward
By building tools based on repeated patterns, @nytimes.com is strategically applying AI as a force multiplier for investigative journalism – while maintaining traditional journalistic standards of accuracy and verification, explains @zachseward.com.
wan-ifra.org/2025/05/divi...
wan-ifra.org/2025/05/divi...
Divining data: How AI invigorates The New York Times' approach to investigative reporting
2025-05-30. By building tools based on repeated patterns, The New York Times is strategically applying AI as a force multiplier for investigative journalism – while maintaining traditional journalisti...
wan-ifra.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
By building tools based on repeated patterns, @nytimes.com is strategically applying AI as a force multiplier for investigative journalism – while maintaining traditional journalistic standards of accuracy and verification, explains @zachseward.com.
wan-ifra.org/2025/05/divi...
wan-ifra.org/2025/05/divi...
I spoke to @nikitaroy.bsky.social about the newsroom AI team at @nytimes.com and what we’ve learned after a year exploring latent space. www.newsroomrobots.com/p/how-a-five...
How a Five-Person AI Team Is Powering Innovation at The New York Times: In Conversation with Zach Seward
Plus: Join us at New York University for a Live Podcast Recording, June 3!
www.newsroomrobots.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I spoke to @nikitaroy.bsky.social about the newsroom AI team at @nytimes.com and what we’ve learned after a year exploring latent space. www.newsroomrobots.com/p/how-a-five...
Live sports on Amazon Prime Video: When you can’t find the game anywhere else, it’s on Prime.
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Live sports on Amazon Prime Video: When you can’t find the game anywhere else, it’s on Prime.
My contribution to this collection is a mood. www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My contribution to this collection is a mood. www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...
Loved this ode to Skype, for the memories and the chance to hear that amazing ringtone, which "was created using a blend of natural sounds like wind, water, and even a human breath to make it feel both familiar and abstract." restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...
When the world connected on Skype
On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.
restofworld.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Loved this ode to Skype, for the memories and the chance to hear that amazing ringtone, which "was created using a blend of natural sounds like wind, water, and even a human breath to make it feel both familiar and abstract." restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...
You may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
www.theguardian.com/science/live...
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
www.theguardian.com/science/live...
Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez and four others arrive back on Earth after space flight – live | Blue Origin | The Guardian
The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin lands minutes after liftoff at 9.30am ET
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
www.theguardian.com/science/live...
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
www.theguardian.com/science/live...
Reposted by Zach Seward
For @longlead.com's Depth Perception, I spoke with the @nytimes.com's first editorial director of artificial intelligence, @zachseward.com, about how the paper is—and is not—using AI. depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/zach-sewar...
“Just the tip of the iceberg”: The New York Times’ Zach Seward on embracing AI
The paper’s first editorial director of artificial intelligence initiatives takes us behind the scenes.
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For @longlead.com's Depth Perception, I spoke with the @nytimes.com's first editorial director of artificial intelligence, @zachseward.com, about how the paper is—and is not—using AI. depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/zach-sewar...
I’m quoted in this thoughtful @newyorker.com essay, “Will A.I. Save the News?” www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
April 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m quoted in this thoughtful @newyorker.com essay, “Will A.I. Save the News?” www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Quartz, the business news startup I worked on for a dozen years, through the height of digital media and the sector's crash, has fired all its writers and been sold to its fifth owner. So it felt like time to reflect. www.zachseward.com/what-was-qua...
What was Quartz?
2012–2025
www.zachseward.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Quartz, the business news startup I worked on for a dozen years, through the height of digital media and the sector's crash, has fired all its writers and been sold to its fifth owner. So it felt like time to reflect. www.zachseward.com/what-was-qua...
Not enough attention is being paid to the legality of Trump’s tariffs. If the Supreme Court rules the administration overstepped its power, which seems likely to me, then everything from the market reaction to essays about the end of globalization will seem silly in retrospect.
April 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Not enough attention is being paid to the legality of Trump’s tariffs. If the Supreme Court rules the administration overstepped its power, which seems likely to me, then everything from the market reaction to essays about the end of globalization will seem silly in retrospect.
Reposted by Zach Seward
Come work on my team! The A.I. Initiatives team at NYT blends machine learning and journalism to explore creative tools and empower responsible reporting.
We have a lot of fun and are excited to expand for the first time since I was hired last year. Remote-friendly! My DMs open for questions. #jobs
We have a lot of fun and are excited to expand for the first time since I was hired last year. Remote-friendly! My DMs open for questions. #jobs
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, A.I. Initiatives
New York, NY; Remote - USA
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March 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Come work on my team! The A.I. Initiatives team at NYT blends machine learning and journalism to explore creative tools and empower responsible reporting.
We have a lot of fun and are excited to expand for the first time since I was hired last year. Remote-friendly! My DMs open for questions. #jobs
We have a lot of fun and are excited to expand for the first time since I was hired last year. Remote-friendly! My DMs open for questions. #jobs