About The Tarbell Center for
AI Journalism
The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of advanced AI. Journalism will play a crucial role in society’s transition to a world with more powerful AI. As technology advances, Tarbell is committed to supporting independent journalism that demystifies the debates around this technology, holds the companies and people building it to account, and fosters the discourse necessary to chart a path that benefits society.
The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of advanced AI. Journalism will play a crucial role in society’s transition to a world with more powerful AI. As technology advances, Tarbell is committed to supporting independent journalism that demystifies the debates around this technology, holds the companies and people building it to account, and fosters the discourse necessary to chart a path that benefits society.
Editorial Independence
Editorial independence is a core value for Tarbell. Our grantees and fellows maintain complete autonomy over their reporting, guided by journalistic standards rather than ideological preferences. While Tarbell’s staff members and funders may have their own views about AI, the work we support is independent and reflects a diverse range of perspectives.
Ethics and Standards
Tarbell holds all of our staff, fellows, and grantees to a set of ethics and standards concerning coverage, conflicts of interests, and political activities. These policies join the guidelines of Transformer and our partner outlets to ensure journalistic and organizational integrity is prioritized by all of our programs.
Our Supporters
Our work is supported by a variety of foundations, charities, and individuals who share our commitment to high-quality journalism about AI (grouped by lifetime giving):
- Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) (2023, 2024, 2025)
- The Casey & Family Foundation (2025)
- EA Infrastructure Fund (2023)
- Future of Life Institute (2024)
- ACX Grants (2024)
- AI Safety Tactical Opportunities Fund (2024)
- Cullen O'Keefe (2025)
- Hazel Browne (2024)
- Newman Family Charitable Fund (2025)
- Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation (2023, 2024)
For details on donations, please see our fundraising and gift acceptance policy.
We have also received donations of less than $10,000 from a variety of generous individual donors.
Our donors have no editorial control over the work of Tarbell, our fellows, or our grantees. Tarbell does not accept anonymous donations greater than $10,000. For details, see the Donor relations section of our ethics and standards policies.
Our goal is for reporting about AI to be treated with at least the urgency of other societal-scale challenges such as climate change