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Gigafact AI
Gigafact creates AI technologies to assist newsrooms in advancing facts in their communities. Gigafact Parser is a research resource for journalists that enables them to more efficiently publish fact-forward, responsive reporting on public figures' claims and talking points.

Gigafact Parser

This AI-powered platform ingests (under journalist supervision) the public record of comments of politicians and influencers from audio recordings.

The platform creates a searchable database of claims and talking points across these recordings that saves journalists huge amounts of time from not needing to wade through hours of TV interviews, radio talk shows and videos of local campaign events.

Some of its use cases include fact-checking, voter guide research, debate and interview prep and analysis, article research and archival analysis, among others.

This database is already populated with profiles of public officials and influencers throughout the US and is growing all the time. Contributor newsrooms may create new profiles for any individuals they are covering, provided these individuals meet certain thresholds for notoriety and data density.

Case studies and testimonials

Texas Tribune

Synthesizing takeaways from long audio segments

When researching his article on Sen. Ted Cruz’s podcast in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, Politics Reporter Jasper Scherer used Gigafact's AI tools to synthesize the key points of dozens of hours of the podcast.

"Gigafact's tools helped us gain a clear idea of what Ted Cruz says on his podcasts — from the rhetoric he uses about major Democratic figures to the claims he makes about the news of the day — without having to slog through all 500+ episodes he has released. This helped us distill the most important parts while saving us hours we would have otherwise spent listening to old audio.”

Jasper Scherer

Rocky Mountain Community Radio

Post-debate analysis

After Aspen Public Radio hosted a lively hour-long debate between candidates for Colorado’s highly competitive 3rd congressional district, RMCR’s Managing Editor Maeve Conran used our technology to summarize the salient moments in the debate for a website write-up.

“I used Gigafact to process a candidate debate and it was great! ... Compared to the Utah gubernatorial debate I had to process last week without Gigafact, it saved me at least 90 minutes of work."

Maeve Conran

Wisconsin Watch

Fact-checking public figures’ claims

Fact brief writer Tom Kertscher keeps tabs on the claims that Wisconsin politicians make on AM radio, podcasts, interviews, and more. With the AI platform, he was able to quickly identify a misleading claim by a congressional candidate accusing her opponent of lobbying for higher gas prices. Tom’s fact brief set the record straight.

"I used to spend hours watching and listening to politicians' interviews and speeches, searching for claims to fact-check. Gigafact surfaces those claims for me in minutes."

Tom Kertscher

Gigafact Parser’s growing community of newsrooms

  • Fort Worth Report
  • The Colorado Sun
  • The Frontier
  • The Texas Tribune
  • Fresnoland
  • Oklahoma Watch
  • El Paso Matters
  • Arizona PBS
  • South Dakota News Watch
  • Rocky Mountain Community Radio
  • Aspen Public Radio
  • Wisconsin Watch
  • Lead Stories
  • PolitiFact
  • MinnPost
  • Econofact

If you are interested in accessing Parser or learning more, please review the criteria to see if your organization might qualify for free access through 2024.