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AI in Chile's news media

6 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 6 news organizations, 2024–2025.
Latin America and the Caribbean2024–2025
Cases
6
Organizations
6
Active since
2024
Controversies
0

What AI is used for — and how that differs

Chileworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
Content Production & Automation1+2pp
AI Ethics & Editorial Policy1+13pp
Talent Development & Upskilling1+10pp
Verification & Fact-Checking1+9pp
Audience Engagement & Community1+14pp
Multimedia & Visual Production1+13pp

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access1
2 – Adoption0
3 – Proficiency5
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (5), Tech company (Google/GNI) (1)

Notable cases

2025CENIA / LATAM GPT

LATAM GPT: collaborative open-source regional large language model initiative led by Chile's Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (CENIA) in partnership with more than 30 Latin American institutions — including public bodies, universities, archives and media organisations; aims to correct cultural and linguistic blind spots in dominant global models by building a regionally trained LLM with transparent…

AI Ethics & Editorial Policy3 – Proficiency
benchmarks and governance tools for regional AI infrastructureSource →

2024Podium Podcast Chile (PRISA Media Chile)

'Necesito Poder Respirar: La vida de Jorge González' — 8-episode biographical narrative podcast using AI tools for immersive audio production; cinematic sound design and editing enhanced with AI-assisted tools to reconstruct the life of musician Jorge González

Multimedia & Visual Production3 – Proficiency
AI audio/narrative production tools (specific platform undisclosed); cinematic sound editiSource →

2025FastCheck CL

AI used for interview transcription, analysis of large data volumes, detection of false information through social media pattern analysis, and source search and classification; AI policy effective Feb. 2025 explicitly prohibits AI for generating published texts or images

Verification & Fact-Checking3 – Proficiency
General AI tools (not named publicly)Source →

2024BioBioChile

AI article summarization tool reviewed by article authors;" dedicated AI integration role (Jefa de Integración de Inteligencia Artificial) appointed to oversee formal organizational AI adoption strategy

Content Production & Automation3 – Proficiency
In-house AI summarization tool (platform not disclosed)Source →

2025Diario As Chile

JournalismAI LATAM Academy 2025 — staff participation in AI training programme for Latin American small and medium newsrooms;" initiative by LSE Polis and Google News Initiative

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
JournalismAI Academy curriculum (LSE Polis / Google News Initiative)Source →

2025Mala Espina Check

Three AI chatbot tools for 2025 Chilean presidential elections: (1) candidate information chatbot from verified sources; (2) presidential proposals comparator; (3) educational chatbot teaching citizens to identify misinformation

Audience Engagement & Community3 – Proficiency
developed with Argentina's ChequeadoSource →

Elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina 49Bolivia 6Brazil 41Colombia 18Costa Rica 5Cuba 2Dominican Republic 5Ecuador 6El Salvador 5Guatemala 3Guyana 1
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.