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The New York Times Rings the Opening Bell To Celebrate 175 Years

The New York Times rings the opening bell at the NYSE to celebrate its 175th anniversary, marking a major corporate milestone.

New York Times Celebrates 175 Years with Print Ad Tribute

To mark its 175th anniversary, The New York Times is launching a multi-page print advertising campaign running from September 18, 2026, featuring seven of the most memorable ads from its history. The selected advertisements, dating back to 1851, were chosen for their cultural relevance, iconic status, and the advertisers' long-standing relationships with the paper. The campaign is a tribute to the advertisers who have supported the paper, with none of the featured brands paying for inclusion. This initiative highlights the evolution of advertising as well as American history, as reflected in the pages of The Times.

• The New York Times is running a multi-page print spread starting September 18, 2026, for its 175th anniversary.
• The spread features seven of the most memorable ads from the paper's history, dating back to 1851.
• None of the featured brands paid to be included in the anniversary campaign.

Microsoft Managers Call AI Training 'Ridiculous Theft'

In a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times against Microsoft and OpenAI, internal documents reveal that senior Microsoft executives privately view AI training on copyrighted content as a massive theft of labor, despite public justifications. Brent Hecht, head of applied sciences at Microsoft, called it "astonishing theft of unprecedented scale," while OpenAI's ChatGPT chief Nick Turley admitted the technology poses an "existential threat" to news publishers. The documents also suggest that internal opinions about the "fair use" defense are skeptical, with concerns that prevailing on it would make the term meaningless. Microsoft executives, including CEO Satya Nadella, acknowledged under oath that chatbots can replace visits to original sources, leading to a potential "vicious circle" harming both models and the internet. The case, still ongoing, is a key precedent for whether AI training qualifies as fair use.

• Internal Microsoft documents were released in the New York Times lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI.
• Microsoft's Brent Hecht described AI training on copyrighted texts as 'astonishing theft of unprecedented scale'.
• OpenAI's ChatGPT chief Nick Turley admitted internally that AI poses an 'existential threat' to publishers.

Essay: Minority Report Predicted Generative AI's Hallucinations

In a Medium essay on UX design, Patrick Neeman argues that Steven Spielberg's 2002 film Minority Report is a more accurate forecast of generative AI than of gesture interfaces. He compares the film's precogs to large language models: both produce confident, plausible output rather than retrieving facts, which leads to hallucination. The essay highlights the 'minority report' concept as an early description of hallucination. It also addresses AI's hidden training-data costs, citing Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement and OpenAI's low-paid Kenyan contractors. On AI agents, Neeman notes a PwC survey finding 79% of companies use AI agents, and warns of automation bias. He cites Stanford research showing legal AI tools fabricate law 17–33% of the time. The piece concludes that designers should surface uncertainty and keep humans in the loop.

• ChatGPT crossed 800 million weekly active users within three years of launch, per Sam Altman.
• A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors in 2026.
• PwC found that 79% of companies already have AI agents in use.