{"id":2424114,"date":"2025-04-16T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-times-offers-ai-generated-dissents-on-opinion-pieces\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:52:12","slug":"los-angeles-times-offers-ai-generated-dissents-on-opinion-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-times-offers-ai-generated-dissents-on-opinion-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Times offers AI-generated dissents on opinion pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-times-offers-ai-generated-dissents-on-opinion-pieces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2424114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles Times is introducing AI-generated dissenting opinions for its editorial pieces as part of a new feature designed to enhance the reader&#8217;s understanding of bias in journalism. This initiative is spearheaded by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who aims to implement a &#8220;bias meter&#8221; that will provide insights into the perspectives presented in opinion articles. By using AI technology, including a tool called the &#8220;Reasoning Engine,&#8221; readers can access additional summaries and counterarguments when they interact with the &#8220;Insights&#8221; button at the end of opinion pieces.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes amid some changes within the editorial team, notably the resignation of several members following a controversial decision to withhold endorsements. Soon-Shiong, who purchased the newspaper in 2018, expressed his intention to run it as a profitable entity rather than as a charitable endeavor.The Los Angeles Times, which has historically endorsed Democratic candidates, is now looking to incorporate more varied viewpoints, reflecting a potential shift in its editorial direction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Los Angeles Times offers AI-generated dissents&nbsp;on opinion pieces<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2095591\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"artificial intelligence\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>  is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">offering dissenting opinions generated<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3379891\/student-use-ai-code-conduct-cheating-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"artificial intelligence\">artificial intelligence<\/a> for its opinion pieces.<\/p>\n<p>This is a tool of owner&nbsp;Patrick Soon-Shiong&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3252785\/los-angeles-times-owner-plans-adding-bias-meter-site-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bias meter<\/a>&nbsp;on the paper&rsquo;s editorials and opinion pieces. With his previous experience in biomedicine, Soon-Shiong created the &ldquo;Reasoning Engine&rdquo; patent to facilitate the technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3380540\/biden-searches-for-new-relevance-in-second-trump-era\/\">Biden searches for new relevance in second Trump era<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381719\/heckler-tased-grabbing-police-officer-marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall\/\">Heckler tased after grabbing police officer at Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381709\/hong-kong-postal-service-suspension-to-united-states\/\">Hong Kong suspends postal service to US due to tariffs and ending of tax exemption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When readers scroll to the bottom of an opinion story, they can click the &ldquo;Insights&rdquo; button to reveal the article&rsquo;s bias. Additionally, the AI offers a synopsis and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-amy-coney-barrett-delivers-first-opinion\/\" title=\"Justice Amy Coney Barrett Delivers First Opinion\">dissenting opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AI has increasingly been used in schools, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3379891\/student-use-ai-code-conduct-cheating-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"students\">students<\/a> leaning on the tool for class projects. Various AI chatbots are free for students to use.<\/p>\n<p>The bias meter was revealed on Scott Jennings&rsquo;s podcast&nbsp;<em>Flyover Country<\/em>&nbsp;in December. Since then, the paper has hired Jennings as one of the first of many conservative columnists.<\/p>\n<p>Five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocker-amazons-a-hypocrite-on-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Shocker\u2013Amazon\u2019s a Hypocrite on Mail-in Ballots\">editorial board<\/a> members quit after Soon-Shiong stopped the paper from endorsing then-Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election. Terry Tang joins Soon-Shiong as the only other board member as the owner has yet to hire more.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2008, the paper&rsquo;s editorial board has endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate. The <em>Los Angeles&nbsp;Times<\/em>&nbsp;is the biggest newspaper in Harris&rsquo;s home state of California and endorsed Harris when she ran for the Senate in 2016 and for attorney general before that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3377822\/ai-congress-transforming-work-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING WORK ON CAPITOL HILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last major endorsement from the paper was in 2022, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-that-donated-to-gov-gavin-newsom-to-help-with-coronavirus-were-rewarded-with-no-bid-state-contracts\/\" title=\"Companies That Donated To Gov. Gavin Newsom To Help With Coronavirus Were Rewarded With No-Bid State Contracts\">board endorsed<\/a> then-mayoral candidate Karen Bass to lead Los Angeles. Since then, Soon-Shiong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3285503\/la-times-regrets-endorsing-karen-bass-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"expressed his regret\">expressed his regret<\/a> over the endorsement, explaining &ldquo;competence matters.&rdquo; Bass is planning to run for reelection this November.<\/p>\n<p>Soon-Shiong bought the paper in 2018. In an interview with the paper to explain the &ldquo;Insights&rdquo; tool, he  reiterated his 100-year plan to run the paper profitably rather than treat the paper like a &ldquo;philanthropic trust.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2095591\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2095591\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times introduces AI-generated dissenting opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2424115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/LA-Times.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[53548,43626,53549],"class_list":["post-2424114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ai-generated-content","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-opinion-pieces"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/LA-Times.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424118,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424114\/revisions\/2424118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}