Implications of AI for newsrooms in Egypt: Emergence, challenges and ethical considerations

This article examines the evolving integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in Egyptian newsrooms, with a focus on its current use in journalistic workflows and the broader institutional, ethical and economic challenges shaping its adoption. While awareness of AI’s potential is growing among Egyptian journalists, its implementation remains fragmented, largely experimental and unsupported by formal guidelines or training frameworks. The results highlight a media environment strained by limited financial investment, political pressures and shifting audience dynamics in the age of rising social media and citizen journalism. Yet, despite these constraints, AI presents a potential pathway for strengthening journalistic practice, at a time of increasing concerns over misinformation and declining public trust. The study also foregrounds pressing ethical issues that have emerged from unregulated AI and haphazard use in journalism. Using a qualitative methodology, including semi-structured interviews with senior media professionals and thematic analysis, the study contributes to a growing body of scholarship on AI and journalism in the Global South, offering insight into a field still in the early stages of transformation.