OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal
OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, reached a two-year deal with the American Journalism Project (AJP) to help fund efforts by local outlets to experiment with artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, reached a two-year deal with the American Journalism Project (AJP) to help fund efforts by local outlets to experiment with artificial intelligence technology.
The Sam Altman-led private company behind ChatGPT, last valued at close to $30 billion, announced it has struck a partnership with the American Journalism Project (AJP), a non-profit philanthropic organization that has funded more than 40 media organizations across the U.S.
In an announcement, OpenAI said it will give $5 million to venture philanthropy firm American Journalism Project to figure out how artificial intelligence can best be used to support local news.
A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology.
Representing communities across the country, the inaugural cohort will spend the next 18 months advancing a vision for new local news operations
Mississippi Today’s Pulitzer win highlights the value that local, nonprofit news can bring to communities
Sahan Journal received a record $1.5 million grant to support the growing St. Paul-based nonprofit news organization. GHR Foundation of Minneapolis announced the three-year grant, the largest that Sahan Journal has received since the nonprofit started four years ago. It also landed a $1.2 million grant last year from American Journalism Project.
The Marshall Project has appointed Phil Trexler the new editor-in-chief for The Marshall Project - Cleveland. In his new role, Trexler will oversee the Cleveland newsroom’s investigative reporting on Cuyahoga County’s criminal justice system and guide reporters in investigative, data and community engagement journalism.
CEO Sarabeth Berman: “We make the case for philanthropy: if you care about education in your community, you should be concerned about whether or not the school boards are covered. If you care about immigration, you should be concerned about whether or not our border is properly [reported on]."
We have a keen interest in understanding what people actually need from their local news outlets. That’s why, as part of our local philanthropic partnership work, we’ve heard from nearly 5,000 residents in eight local markets across the country about their experience with journalism in their communities and the local info they need.
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