Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, have been rapidly adopted in Taiwan’s news industry. In this study, 17 individuals from nine news media outlets and two technology companies participated in semistructured qualitative interviews to shed light on how local newsrooms have used ChatGPT and other AI technologies to generate content and develop computational journalism as a form of digital innovation. Driven by economic motives, media outlets rapidly copy and rewrite news content, fueling a large-scale, low-cost news competition. The interview findings suggest that AI technologies are not merely applied in news media for economic gains. Instead, innovation in computational generative AI technology can promote journalistic development and provide key lessons for Taiwan’s news media.