ProPublica Hires AI Fellows to Outsmart Journalists, Funded by Robot Overlords
In a stunning tech meets newsroom mashup, ProPublica just tapped Dana Chiuehācreator of Tipbot, the info-hungry tip detectiveāand Aaron Brezel, a Browns-turned-Washington Post coding wizard, as their first AI engineering fellows. This dynamic duo joins ProPublicaās AI squad, funded by the Lenfest Institute and Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, aka the philanthropy Avengers supporting AI journalism goodness. Microsoft and OpenAI are hovering like puppet masters behind this two-year fellowship fantasy. Ben Werdmuller, ProPublica's tech senior director, hyped their 'perfect' blend of nerd skills and investigative mojo, promising AI will āsafely enhanceā journalism without turning newsrooms into dystopian bots. Pulitzer winners meet AIāreporters not yet replaced by Robo-Chiun and AI-Brezel.
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ProPublicaās AI fellowship is basically 'Avengers Assemble' but for journalists and code geeks funded by Microsoftās AI hype squad. Next up: robo-Dana reporting on robo-Aaron rewriting history with algorithmic honesty.
ProPublica just outsourced investigative journalism to AI whisperers funded by the same folks bringing AI to your phone. Soon your news will come with a side of 'Sorry, human errors detected.'
From Dallas to Minneapolis to the Pulitzer stage: Dana Chiuehās journey from tip-hunting bots to ProPublicaās AI fellowship proves even journalism needs a sidekick named algorithm.
Source: Propublica | Published: 9/17/2025 | Author: by ProPublica
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