Five AI Projects for Local Newsrooms
We started the AP’s Local News AI initiative in August 2021 in relative obscurity. We sent out a 32-question survey and had to hustle to explain to newsrooms why it was important to take this survey, and why AI readiness was poised to be important to newsrooms. No one could have guessed that the release of ChatGPT would change everything in terms of awareness and over-hyped interest on the topic if AI, specifically generative AI.
Now, two years on, we heard back from at least six newsrooms who demurred to take our first survey ask how they can get involved with our work. Don’t worry: a follow-up survey is forthcoming, and we hope that with AP, there will continue to be ways to be involved in the topic and share best practices.
In all, we received almost 200 survey responses from news leaders in all formats and from every state, Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. We wrote a report of the findings with a list of what everyone else is doing regarding tools and profiles of newsroom leaders who convey curiosity and also concern about AI. We share those conflicted feelings and have come to rely upon our network of now more than 4,000 to share insights and explore limits.
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