NEW YORK--The Associated Press has released a wide-ranging report on local news outlets' understanding and use of artificial intelligence and their readiness to use AI to meet their journalism and business needs. The report is based on survey results from nearly 200 newsrooms across all 50 states and more than two dozen in-depth interviews with local news leaders. Print, radio, television and digital outlets are represented, as well as commercial and nonprofit operations. "With this report, AP aims to raise awareness and also begin to level the AI playing field for local newsrooms," said Jim Kennedy, AP senior vice president of strategic planning. "The goal is to help them harness innovative technology to improve their operations." Although the report found that usage of AI in local newsrooms had not been widely adopted and was still in the early stages of development, the report also found that TV managers tended to be more interested in the use of AI.

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