TIME has introduced TIME AI, a cutting-edge generative AI platform designed to enhance audience engagement with its journalism through interactive, one-on-one conversations. By utilizing technologies from ElevenLabs and Scale AI, TIME AI offers features such as audio access, translation, summarization, and a conversational AI chat, all safeguarded to ensure ethical use. This platform allows readers to interact with AI voice agents that provide contextual understanding of stories, enabling them to ask questions and receive instant answers on topics like TIME Person of the Year or historical events, thereby creating a novel paradigm for accessing reliable journalism. The AI's ability to deliver human-like, low latency speech and handle interruptions is powered by the AI Agents platform, showcasing its potential to transform how audiences engage with and understand journalism.