Eight Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists disclosed using artificial intelligence in their reporting this year, the highest number since the Pulitzer disclosure requirement began in 2024. AI is being used to search public records, translate documents and analyze large datasets. While journalists continue to manually verify findings, the Pulitzer administration stresses that prize-winning work must ultimately be produced by humans. 

“To state the obvious, perhaps, AI is here to stay,” Marjorie Miller, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, told the Nieman Lab. “The industry [used to be] far more apprehensive about AI tools than it is today, with a clearer understanding now of what uses might be appropriate — data collection and analysis, for example — and when it might not, such as in writing and editing stories in any format that might be considered for a Pulitzer Prize.”

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