# New York Times tests reader-facing AI search summaries

_Monday, August 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM EDT · Products · Developing · Tier 2 — Notable_

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The New York Times has begun a limited test of search pages that return excerpts and links to Times articles alongside AI-generated summaries of its own reporting, according to Semafor as cited in the supplied report.

The test has rolled out to a small subset of visitors over recent weeks and is the newsroom's first test of reader-facing AI text that no Times journalist or editor has reviewed. The company did not disclose the model, audience size, duration, labeling, or error handling.

## Sources

- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/new-york-times-ai-summaries-search-guild)

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