The weight of real world evidence is that no such policy ever existed, and the NYT is infamous for publishing a number of extremely pro-tech puff pieces for the last decade, at least, including the ones on Bankman-Fried and the Neumann. And the Vision Pro.

Hell, right now the NYT Technology page is full of puff pieces entirely uncritical of tech, despite the massive layoffs and ethical issues of AI.

And the only sources for the supposed policy are two "journalists" who have never actually worked for the NYT.