The technology opportunities and challenges for journalists and media.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the fundamental right to seek, impart and receive information, as well as the journalistic profession. It enhances access to information and processing of it, enabling journalists to handle and process vast amounts of data efficiently and create content more effectively. AI tools can improve fact-checking, data visualization, local and multi-platform adaptation of news content and its translation, streamlining the journalistic process and making information more engaging and accessible.

AI also presents risks. It can be used to reproduce misinformation, spread disinformation, amplify online hate speech, and enable new forms of censorship. Some actors use AI for mass surveillance of journalists and citizens, creating a chilling effect on freedom of expression. Private platforms increasingly use AI to filter, moderate, and curate content, becoming gatekeepers of information.There's a growing concern that AI might contribute to the homogenization of the global media landscape, potentially reducing diversity in perspectives, media pluralism, and marginalizing smaller outlets. To address this, relevant actors have been exploring how to apply professional standards in the AI integration in media production; policy guidelines based on human rights principles and on the need of transparency and accountability are being developed; media and information literacy is widespread; and technology-based solutions are being created that align with human rights standards. Cooperation among relevant actors is essential to develop AI-driven tools for information integrity, detecting and mitigating of disinformation, fostering secure and human rights based-digital ecosystems.