We’re pleased to announce that Atex has been selected among the winners of FAIR’s Spoke 5 grant, focused on High-Quality AI. The FAIR initiative is promoted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

Our selected project, JEDI (Journalistic Excellence through Domain-specific Intelligence), is a 12-month research and development effort to explore how tailored AI models can support journalistic work—ethically, effectively, and at scale.

What JEDI Is About

While general-purpose LLMs such as GPT-4 or Claude offer impressive capabilities, they’re not built with newsroom needs in mind. JEDI takes a different approach: instead of training a massive generalist model, the project focuses on developing smaller, domain-specific models optimized for key editorial tasks.

Specifically, we’re concentrating on two high-impact use cases:

  • Transcribing raw audio (interviews, press conferences, etc.) into high-quality, editorially sharp content.
  • Rewriting press releases—which are often too promotional—into newsroom-ready drafts with appropriate structure and tone.

These tasks may seem simple in theory, but doing them well requires deep understanding of editorial standards, nuance, and variety of tone. That’s where focused, fine-tuned AI models can make a real difference.

Call for Editorial Partners

As part of the FAIR program, JEDI will include both a scientific publication and a working prototype developed in collaboration with national and international partners.

We are now looking for newsrooms interested in contributing to this project, particularly through sharing sample data (input/output pairs) that reflect different editorial voices and workflows. These contributions will help us train models that are genuinely useful to the profession—and respectful of its ethical and qualitative standards.

Why Join?

By participating in JEDI, your newsroom can:

  • Help shape how AI is developed for journalism
  • Promote ethical, high-quality innovation in editorial workflows
  • Gain early access to research insights and tools tailored to real newsroom needs

If you’d like to be part of the project or want to know more, reach out to Sara Forni, Atex product manager for AI and Innovation, at sforni@atex.com

Let’s build the future of responsible, domain-aware AI in journalism—together.