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AI in Kazakhstan's news media

2 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 2 news organizations, 2020–2024.
Europe and Central Asia2020–2024
Cases
2
Organizations
2
Active since
2020
Controversies
0

What AI is used for

AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters1
Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance1

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access0
2 – Adoption0
3 – Proficiency1
4 – Ways of Working1
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (2)

Notable cases

2020Atameken Business

Atameken Business (media holding) pioneered AI virtual news anchors in Kazakhstan: i-Sanj (launched 2020, modelled on actor Sanzhar Madi), the Kazakh-language i-Sana, then AI-Sel and AI-Dim. It fully automated its morning digest — dropping the announcer (диктор) and journalist roles, now handled by neural networks — and uses Google NotebookLM to parse world news and generate analytics, infographics and podcasts.

AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters4 – Ways of Working
AI virtual anchors (i-Sanj 2020 / i-Sana / AI-Sel / AI-Dim) + neural TTS digest + Google NSource →

2024Lada.kz

Lada.kz, a regional west-Kazakhstan news site, uses AI to search information, transcribe audio interviews, edit text and auto-generate SEO meta-descriptions and keywords (on upload to the CMS, to rank in Google/Yandex) — running ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and ElevenLabs. Editorial policy bars AI from investigations and human-interest stories, where it may only check spelling.

Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance3 – Proficiency
ChatGPT + Gemini + Perplexity + ElevenLabs — search, transcription, editing, auto SEO metaSource →

Elsewhere in Europe and Central Asia

Albania 4Armenia 7Austria 22Azerbaijan 1Belarus 5Belgium 25Bosnia and Herzegovina 3Bulgaria 6Croatia 5Cyprus 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.