6 AI Research Tools Every Journalist Should Know

From custom GPTs to AI-powered search engines, use this tool set to stay ahead on deadline.

How often have we wanted to have knowledge piped directly into our brains so that after a few seconds, we know Spanish? Or kung fu? (Knock, knock, Neo.) As journalists, we're often assigned topics and stories outside our wheelhouse, like power grids or complex energy markets or B sides from Hanson. AI can help us gather reliable information quickly when we’re on deadline.

In this column, I’ll walk through a few tools that have helped me report on wind energy — a subject I had little prior knowledge of.