Funding: Own budget (6), Tech company (Google/GNI) (5)
Youm7 launched what it called the first 'smart newsroom' (غرفة أخبار ذكية) project in Arab journalism (Oct. 2025): AI working alongside journalists across editing and fact-checking, specialised staff training on smart editing and verification tools, and an upgrade of the publishing and management technology stack.
Automated news production during COVID-19 pandemic: deployed robot journalism to maintain usual output of news stories during lockdown when normal operations were disrupted; described as a pioneer in Egypt for news automation;" drew criticism for instances of plagiarized AI-produced content and unethical approach to AI-generated content
AI-powered editorial discovery, fact-checking, content tagging and personalised reader recommendations
GenAI for accident-scene illustrations and infographics; data journalism unit training journalists in data scraping and analysis using Python; news gamification experiments for reader education on current events
Full Fact AI Arabic claim-detection tools: automated claim identification, prioritisation and monitoring of media/social accounts; reduced monitoring time; enabled live fact-checking (tools later withdrawn after Google funding cuts in 2025)
Algorithmic news recommendation on website; first Egyptian online Metaverse studio using virtual avatars for live news interviews (30 journalists); hosted Google/Meta-led AI training workshops for staff