On “AI Appreciation Day”, July 16th, ARIJ released  the first Arabic Language AI strategy for the benefit of small to  medium media outlets in the Arab World,  supported by Google News Initiative.  The strategy aims to explore the possibilities of using AI in news gathering, production, and distribution, and help MENA media outlets to put a road map to implement these technologies in their work.

Here you can explore the ARIJ AI Strategy, evaluate the AI maturity of any media organization, and explore AI glossary in Arabic.

ARIJ AI Strategy was one of the projects  supported by  the Google News Initiative in 2022.

As part of developing its strategy, ARIJ conducted a 4 month-internal AI lab to raise awareness within its team. The lab has focused on learning AI basics and experimenting with tools and designing prototypes.

The strategy includes a framework that focuses on AI challenges, setting goals, forming a multi-tasks team, and developing an action plan. In addition to giving the chance for media outlets in the Middle East and North Africa to evaluate their AI maturity by taking a simple test, through the strategy website that ends with tips and recommendations regarding their next AI steps.

And celebrating this occasion, ARIJ has conducted a 90 minutes live webinar (in Arabic), which was attended by 200+ colleagues from across the Arab countries, moderated by ARIJ General Director Rawan Damen. The speakers from the ARIJ team included: Arab Fact Checkers Network Manager Saja Mortada, Digital transformation consultant Khalid Waleed, Communications Manager Samya Ayish and GNI/ARIJ-Project officer Hager Hesham. The discussion during the webinar focused on: on AI-based tools, AI challenges and data gathering, and how to build an AI-joint roadmap that benefits everyone in the future.