Funding: Own budget (2), Tech company (OpenAI) (2), Tech company (Google/GNI) (2)
WAN-IFRA LATAM Newsroom AI Catalyst participant (April–June 2025); multidisciplinary team assembled to explore AI applications for content creation, newsroom efficiency and audience engagement; developed AI prototype using OpenAI API credits provided through WAN-IFRA/OpenAI programme
AI deepfake and synthetic media detection: uses Hive Moderation (Hive Detect) to determine whether videos and audio are AI-generated or deepfaked;" applied across multiple political verification cases including videos of President Noboa and VP Pinto
Staff participation in JournalismAI Academy for Latin America cohort 2025 — programme on building AI-powered editorial strategies and newsroom solutions;" initiative by LSE Polis and Google News Initiative
AI-generated virtual news presenter "Rebeca" (name chosen by audience vote) deployed on 24 Horas newscast in the Comunidad Quito segment; first AI TV anchor in Ecuador
AI editorial workflow tools via SIP/GNI AI Product Lab — eight-month programme integrating AI into newsroom production, commercial, and editorial processes
LIZA – generative AI search and writing assistant trained on outlet historical content (Politics, Economy); provides archive contextualisation