Newsrooms are increasingly experimenting with AI-powered automation to produce sports reports, financial updates and other data-based articles. News agencies, including AP, Reuters and AFP, produce thousands of automated articles a year, furthering their commitment to fast, accurate news reporting and freeing up resources for other coverage. But how can automation work for local media? And what does it take to introduce it into a newsroom in Latin America where the use of AI in media is considered scarce?