A federal probe of a Massachusetts school district is part of a larger pattern of investigation into school policies for transgender kids across the country.
The tool, called Your Assignment Desk, uses AI to scrape dozens of public sources for information, then provides a list of possible story ideas and suggestions of who to interview.
Photographers and technicians at the station say they have not received a raise since 2023, and they get only six paid holidays a year, as talks for a new contract continue.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company has six full-time employees, all of whom work remotely and will stay with the company as part of the transition.
The Almanac is clearly not an environmental publication. But that didn’t stop the Buzzards Bay Coalition from bringing it under the environmental nonprofit’s ownership in late 2024.
While the audience is still small, it’s a sign that despite skepticism about the technology, there could be a larger audience for AI-generated local news — albeit with a limited focus.