The Philadelphia Inquirer hadn’t written much about suburbs like Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for years. Now it is revisiting those communities — with an assist from AI.
Last year, the Inquirer launched newsletters in four locations, amassing more than 50,000 free subscriptions.
Reporters are using artificial-intelligence tools to scan community meetings for topics that may prompt news, such as a zoning issue related to an ICE detention facility and a proposal for a new data center. The effort is partly funded by a partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft and the nonprofit Lenfest Institute, which owns the Inquirer.
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