Funding: Public broadcaster / state media (5), Tech company (Google/GNI) (4), Own budget (3)
Through FT Strategies' AI Launchpad (a Google News Initiative programme), Al Jazeera built a newsroom workflow solution that transforms raw news inputs into visually engaging stories in seconds rather than hours, with humans in the loop. Framed by the project lead as 'AI didn't replace journalists, it protected their time.' This initial Launchpad experiment fed into Al Jazeera's larger 'The Core' AI-integrated…
Dedicated AI training programme for journalists: 8 workshops and 4 courses in 2025 covering Introduction to AI, AI content production tools, AI ethics, AI in data journalism and AI in newsrooms; courses offered in Arabic and English; 2024 fellowship programme themed around AI and journalism research
The Core" — AI-integrated newsroom model: AJ-LLM editorial brain fine-tuned on archives, AJ Vision generative content, AJ Data Lake for data journalism, AJ Now AI story-suggestion platform
AI audio/video clip analysis system: converts recorded video and audio into written text to accelerate editorial processing and publishing speed; won Innovation in Use of AI in News award at Google Cloud Summit Doha 2025
Staff participation in JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms MENA cohort; introduced to AI tools and ethics for journalism practice
Staff participation in JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms MENA cohort; introduced to AI tools and ethics for journalism practice