The use of AI described here, like for an initial sifting of mountains of data and using it to build databases, IMO, is totally appropriate. It was done by truly expert investigators who were not going to accept bogus hallucinations in results. I'm ignoring environmental impact for the moment.
Yonette JosephA record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/a-re...