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AI in Croatia's news media

5 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 4 news organizations, 2023–2025.
Europe and Central Asia2023–2025
Cases
5
Organizations
4
Active since
2023
Controversies
0

What AI is used for — and how that differs

Croatiaworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
Verification & Fact-Checking2+33pp
Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance2+23pp
Audience Intelligence & Analytics1+18pp

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access0
2 – Adoption1
3 – Proficiency4
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (3), Media dev org (2)

Notable cases

202324sata

Implemented DeFractal AI-driven data management platform (DMP) for automatic audience segmentation using IAB taxonomy (400+ segments); AI assistants manage first-party data, share audiences across domains via statistical models, and increase programmatic ad inventory via Ad Refresh; response to third-party cookie phase-out

Audience Intelligence & Analytics2 – Adoption
DeFractal DMP (Google Ad Manager-linked)Source →

2023Faktograf.hr

Dedicated "AI dezinformacije" (AI disinformation) monitoring unit; detects and debunks AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic audio circulating on Croatian social networks; uses named AI detection tools; adopted formal Code of Conduct on the Use of AI-Based Technologies

Verification & Fact-Checking3 – Proficiency
InVID / Gerulata / Meta Content Library / ChatGPT / Google Gemini / Escriba / TinEyeSource →

2025Index.hr

Multiple AI tools used daily across editorial workflow: research, article drafting, headline suggestions, translation, text summarization, social media preparation, spell-checking, topic and interview question generation

Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance3 – Proficiency
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, GrokSource →

2025Večernji list

AI tools used by editors and journalists for research, transcription, summarization and article drafting

Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance3 – Proficiency
ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek, PerplexitySource →

Elsewhere in Europe and Central Asia

Albania 4Armenia 7Austria 22Azerbaijan 1Belarus 5Belgium 25Bosnia and Herzegovina 3Bulgaria 6Cyprus 1Czech Republic 24Denmark 27
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.