AI & Journalism

AI provides new reporting, investigative and operational tools for journalism. It also exacerbates challenges like disinformation, copyright abuse and job stability. CNTI’s work examines both the opportunities and challenges AI brings to the field in order to shape newsroom leaders and policymakers’ understanding.

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    Appendix

    View the lists of strategies, policies and laws we reviewed in each region.

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    South Asia

    South Asia is one of the world’s most populous regions and home to rapidly advancing economies. Combine that with linguistic diversity and rapid adoption and proliferation of technology, and you have a group of countries whose AI policies will have…

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    East Asia and the Pacific

    Few policy approaches in the region explicitly discuss journalism and the information space. Deepfake and synthetic media regulations, transparency, data privacy and mitigating algorithmic bias receive a large amount of attention, as does increasing technological capacity. 

  • Journalism’s New Frontier: An Analysis of Global AI Policy Proposals and Their Impacts on Journalism

    CNTI analyzed 188 national and regional AI strategies, laws and policies that collectively cover more than 99 countries to determine how AI regulation is impacting journalism around the world.

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    North America

    Most AI proposals in the United States are taking place at the state level and focus on mitigating harms stemming from AI systems. Canada has witnessed less activity on AI regulation, especially after the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act’s failure…

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    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Five policies we reviewed in this region mention journalism or journalists, more than any other region we reviewed.

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

    Between January 2022 and June 2025, 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa had adopted AI strategies or policies. Our review did not uncover any AI legislation adopted during this time period, but Namibia is reportedly drafting an AI bill. 

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    Europe and Central Asia

    The most significant law, the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, is set to be implemented by 27 member states, nine candidate states and potentially three more countries.

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    Middle East and North Africa

    AI regulation in the Middle East and North Africa is largely at the nascent stage, but it promises to have large impacts on the journalism industry.

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    AI for Sustainability: Building Journalism’s Future

    Innovations and insights from across the Western Balkans and Central Europe

  • AI Transcription and Translation in Journalism

    The second briefing from the AI and Journalism Research Working Group finds that while journalists are using AI transcription and translation systems, accuracy and accessibility vary, making continued human oversight essential.

  • AI, media and the future – focus of the regional gathering in Sarajevo

    More than 30 media representatives from the Western Balkans and Central Europe and renowned experts presented.