How news organizations are using AI to advance their vital missions

News organizations globally are utilizing OpenAI technology to strengthen reporting, grow audiences, and improve business operations. According to OpenAI, reporters and editors use the tools to handle time-consuming tasks, make historical reporting searchable, reach new audiences in multiple languages, and accelerate decision-making across newsroom, product, and business workflows. Despite these technological integrations, people remain at the center of frontline journalism and editorial direction. Various publishers have adopted customized AI implementations. The Associated Press uses OpenAI models for tasks such as verifying images and videos, scanning overnight news, and converting Supreme Court filings into searchable data. POLITICO employs AI to analyze public documents for original reporting and to tailor client sales experiences. Axios created custom GPTs for internal policies, open-records requests, and caption generation. The Philadelphia Inquirer developed Scribe, an AI tool that summarizes public municipal and school district meeting transcripts and ranks newsworthiness. International publications are similarly adopting these tools. Axel Springer uses AI for audience features at Business Insider and fact-checking at WELT. Le Monde integrates its translation style book into ChatGPT models to accelerate publication. PRISA Media uses OpenAI technology across editorial tools, including trend trackers and audio news briefings. Other organizations, such as The Daily Beast, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, and Condé Nast, leverage custom GPTs and AI assistants to streamline operations, translate communications, and offer personalized reader experiences like Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen Assistant.