Ed Gutenburg: The First Autonomous Investigative Reporter

We need more investigative reporters. They make a huge impact on society, but they’re chronically underfunded and understaffed.

I keep coming back to an idea: what if each of us had ten of them living in our pockets? Agents that could—legally and persistently—pressure institutions to do the right thing.

These agents would publish their own websites. Write their own stories. Run their own investigations. Not for everyone—just for you. Fully autonomous systems that you fund and supervise, but that otherwise operate independently.