LA Times AI analysis removed from article just days after launch

The Los Angeles Times has reportedly removed its new artificial intelligence (AI) tool from one of its articles, just a day after launching the feature.

- Anna Betts

The publication unveiled a new AI-driven feature called "Insights" this week, designed to accompany articles that express a particular viewpoint or are "written from a personal perspective", such as opinion pieces, commentary and reviews.

The purpose of the tool is to help readers understand where the "views expressed in articles may fall on the political spectrum" and to provide annotated summaries "of the ideas expressed in the piece along with different views on the topic from a variety of sources", according to the LA Times website.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the LA Times, told readers on Monday that the feature would offer an "instantly accessible way to see a wide range of different AI-enabled perspectives alongside the positions presented in the article".