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Chequeado

6 verified, source-linked AI implementations documented between 2018–2026.

ArgentinaLatin America & CaribbeanLocal / IndependentNational
Cases
6
Active since
2018
Peak stage
4
Controversies
0

Where the AI sits

Audience & Community3
Editorial Production3

AI implementations

2026

IPI Global AI Accelerator 2026

Building AI-driven audience intelligence platform to analyse public conversations and debate around fact-checking; one of 15 global newsrooms selected from 205 applications

Audience Intelligence & Analytics1 – Access3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: AI audience intelligence platform (in development)Source ↗
2025

El Explorador: conversational AI chatbot that dives into Chequeado's fact-checking archives…

El Explorador: conversational AI chatbot that dives into Chequeado's fact-checking archives to answer audience questions in real time; part of the broader Chequeabot suite alongside El Desgrabador

Audience Engagement & Community2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: live fact-checking tools, automatic transcriptions and large database linking""Source ↗
2025

Internal AI assistant built around 10 predefined editorial tasks

Including drafting video scripts, writing social media threads and generating headline options — aligned with existing workflows and editorial standards; structured 14 hours per month of dedicated AI experimentation time; goal to shorten the fact-checking cycle by 20%""

Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance2 – Adoption3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: Custom LLM assistant";" prompt engineeringSource ↗
2025

El Chequeador: user-facing AI tool that walks audiences through Chequeado's verification…

El Chequeador: user-facing AI tool that walks audiences through Chequeado's verification method step by step, guiding users interactively through the fact-checking process; part of the broader Chequeabot suite alongside El Desgrabador

Audience Engagement & Community4 – Ways of Working3 – Collaborative Human–AI
Tool: El Explorador and live fact-checking tools""Source ↗
2023

El Desgrabador: AI tool for automatic transcription of any YouTube video with subtitles and…

El Desgrabador: AI tool for automatic transcription of any YouTube video with subtitles and podcasts across approximately 40 digital channels, including audios more than 5 hours long; differentiates sections, channels, tags, keywords and filters; includes disinformation detection capability""

Content Production & Automation2 – Adoption2 – AI-Assisted Human
Tool: NLP";" automatic transcriptionSource ↗
2018

In Argentina, fact-checkers' latest hire is a bot

Verification & Fact-Checking2 – Adoption2 – AI-Assisted Human
Tool: CustomSource ↗

Context

Chequeado is one of 26 organizations in Argentina documented in the index, which holds 49 cases from the country. Its work spans 5 function types, including Audience Engagement & Community, documented across 41 organizations worldwide.

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