{"id":9315,"date":"2025-11-20T13:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cntiwpedev.wpenginepowered.com\/cnti-news\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:59:52","slug":"ai-transcription-and-translation-in-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnti.org\/reports\/ai-transcription-and-translation-in-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Transcription and Translation in Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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CNTI’s AI and Journalism Research Working Group looked at 55 research studies and other articles from computer science, social science and linguistics disciplines to better understand how AI is shaping transcription and translation and what these developments mean for journalism. These studies include data representing a range of geographic contexts and languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the second in a series of reports from the AI and Journalism Research Working Group convened by the Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI). The working group currently consists of 18 cross-industry members from around the world, bringing research, journalism and technology expertise to the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of the working group is to offer succinct summaries of global research in specific topics at the intersection of journalism and AI. Each quarter, the working group will synthesize the state of research across two to three topics for journalism practitioners, researchers and industry leaders around the world, focusing on actionable recommendations for journalism \u2014 not other fields that are concerned with AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each report, we lay out the general findings of the research to date, suggested considerations and\/or actions for practitioners and areas where more or new research is needed. This report was prepared by the research and professional staff of CNTI in partnership with several external contributors who collectively authored this briefing. If you have ideas or research findings that are important for CNTI and the working group to include, please email them to info@cnti.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do we mean by \u201cAI\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report uses the OECD definition<\/a>: \u201cAn AI system is a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments. Different AI systems vary in their levels of autonomy and adaptiveness after deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever possible, we try to use specific terms rather than \u201cAI\u201d to avoid conflation or confusion. Journalism has been adopting forms of automation for more than 50 years,1<\/a><\/sup> but widespread use of the term \u201cAI\u201d is more recent \u2014 and may include both newer technologies and those that have been in use for quite some time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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