Top media outlets fail to disclose who is bankrolling their AI reporters

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, details Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, on 'The Sunday Briefing'. The model's "emergent capabilities" to find software vulnerabilities autonomously raised alarms, prompting Anthropic to restrict public access. Shumer explains the proactive move of granting major companies and the US government early access to Mythos for cyber defense, anticipating future threats to critical infrastructure and national security. Several major news organizations are hosting reporter fellows with salaries paid by donor-supported AI journalism groups — relationships that frequently go undisclosed. The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism places fellows with outlets like Bloomberg, Time, NBC News, The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. And while some outlets are alerting readers to those funding relationships, others aren’t,