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Can Artificial Intelligence Endanger the Principles of Ethical Journalism?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world of news and journalism. However, the question is whether this change represents a revolution or the beginning of a crisis. In Pakistan, one of the prominent voices on this issue, senior journalist Amar Guriro, who heads the country's…

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This interview examines the shift toward AI-integrated newsrooms and the resulting challenges to information integrity and journalistic ethics. Expert Amar Guriro argues that while AI increases efficiency, it introduces significant risks regarding misinformation and unverified content that necessitate human-in-the-loop oversight. The discussion highlights the importance of maintaining human responsibility to mitigate the social harms of automated content generation, though it focuses on media ethics rather than existential risks or frontier capability safety.

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Can artificial intelligence endanger the principles of ethical journalism?06:51SBS UrduFollow and SubscribeFollow and SubscribeFollow and Subscribe Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Download (6.27MB)Download the SBS Audio appAvailable on iOS and Androidamar guriro Credit: amar guriroArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world of news and journalism. However, the question is whether this change represents a revolution or the beginning of a crisis. In Pakistan, one of the prominent voices on this issue, senior journalist Amar Guriro, who heads the country's first AI-based news media platform, believes that the future of journalism will not be in the hands of machines alone. Instead, he says it will be shaped by the shared control and collaboration of humans and machines.Follow and Subscribe Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Download (6.27MB)Download the SBS Audio appAvailable on iOS and AndroidPublished 5 June 2026 11:20amSource: SBSAvailable in other languagesShare this with family and friendsCopy linkShareArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world of news and journalism. However, the question is whether this change represents a revolution or the beginning of a crisis. In Pakistan, one of the prominent voices on this issue, senior journalist Amar Guriro, who heads the country's first AI-based news media platform, believes that the future of journalism will not be in the hands of machines alone. Instead, he says it will be shaped by the shared control and collaboration of humans and machines.In the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence, journalism is entering a new era in which the speed of news, accuracy, and methods of verification are undergoing fundamental changes. According to experts, AI has certainly made newsrooms more efficient, but it has also increased concerns about misinformation, unverified content, and ethical ambiguityAmar Guriro Credit: Amar GuriroAccording to Amar Guriro, Editor-in-Chief of Saga Digital, the future of journalism cannot be handed over entirely to machines. He believes that AI is undoubtedly a powerful tool, but the truthfulness of news, its context, and ethical responsibility will always require human oversight. According to him, the media organizations that will succeed in the future are those that can maintain a strong balance between technology and human journalistic values.In this exclusive interview, we will explore where AI is taking newsrooms and how ethical journalism can survive and thrive in this new world.ShareLatest podcast episodes07:37Breaking the taboos — Yousha Hussain, Pakistan’s first male belly dancerpodcast episode7 minutes 37 seconds09:35Charging Ahead: Are EVs the Future of Australian Roads?podcast episode9 minutes 35 seconds07:05Meera’s toughest role yet: “I lived the character of Zara in Psycho”podcast episode7 minutes 5 seconds08:04Qawwali night at the University of Canberra promotes cultural harmony through musicpodcast episode8 minutes 4 seconds