Funding: Own budget (19), Public broadcaster / state media (7), Tech company (OpenAI) (2), Tech company (Google/GNI) (1)
EqualVoice-Assistant — AI-powered editorial tool using Generative AI and NLP to detect gender visibility gaps, stereotypes and imbalanced language in real time directly within CMS; developed by Ringier and Ringier Axel Springer Tech for Ringier's own newsrooms; system scans content as it is created, identifies gender imbalances and stereotype-reinforcing wording, and offers specific improvement suggestions…
AI-powered newsroom archive and editorial toolset built on LivingDocs CMS (announced April 2026; tools expected to release mid-2026); integrates NZZ's 250-year archive, licensed agency material, and image feeds into a single system journalists can search during writing; Proofmark — AI proofreading applying NZZ internal style rules beyond spell-check, handling Swiss vs. standard German word variants and flagging…
Editor-in-chief Rolf Cavalli runs his weekly commentaries through a custom AI 'proofreader': a standing prompt with 11 content requirements and 13 checks has GPT critique each draft for dramaturgy, word choice, style and rhythm, with Cavalli adopting some suggestions and discarding others — in use since spring 2025 and explicitly encouraged under Ringier's AI guidelines. Became a public test case in July 2026…
"Fake Followers" — SRF Data trained a statistical/machine-learning model to identify fake Instagram followers, because checking profiles by hand was not feasible at scale, and applied it to the seven million followers of 115 Swiss influencers.
Full-day AI programming experiment on Couleur 3 — AI-cloned voices of actual hosts, AI-written scripts and partially AI-composed music ran the station from 6 AM to 7 PM on April 27, 2023; all content human-reviewed before airing; designed to generate staff discussion about AI's role in journalism; audience feedback strongly favoured human connection; station subsequently developed AI guidelines and adopted AI for…
The Italian-language Swiss public broadcaster adopted an AI charter as a compass for its work: transparency (always declaring content produced by or with AI), professional ethics (the same rules apply to AI-supported content), data protection and rights. RSI explicitly rules out automatic writing and will not put robots in place of journalists.