The New York Times has appointed Zach Seward as the editorial director of artificial intelligence initiatives, a position previously held by Quartz's founding editor.

The editorial director of artificial intelligence initiatives is a new post that the New York Times announced the formation of on Tuesday. Zach Seward, the founding editor of the tech-focused publication Quartz, was chosen by The New York Times for the innovative position. According to The New York Times, Seward will try to come up with a strategy and figure out how The Gray Lady may use artificial intelligence to enhance her output without sacrificing the caliber of her dependable reporting.

The development of Seward's job indicates that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to produce and distribute news to audiences in a significant and revolutionary way. It's an admission that the quickly evolving technology will need to be carefully woven, in one way or another, into the organization's very essence if it is to be competitive as a business.

Though they still think that human journalists ought to constantly cover the news, other newsrooms — like The NYT — have adopted a different tack and think that AI might be a very useful tool in this regard. AI, for instance, can help with things like coming up with clever headlines. BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti has been a proponent of the notion that AI may enable people to tell stories more effectively and provide consumers with cutting-edge products.