AI will not replace journalism but media needs to collaborate for wider coverage

(from left) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Academic Affairs dean Sheila Coronel, ICFJ Knight Fellow Code for Africa Catherine Gicheru, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s Drew Sullivan, Reuters News chief operating officer Reg Chua, Der Spiegel National Desk editor Cordula Meyer, ICIJ Strategic Initiatives director Marina Walker Guevara and Dawn Newspaper, Pakistan editor Zaffar Abba.

PETALING JAYA: Artificial intelligence (AI) needs humans and it will not replace investigative journalism, say panellists at the 11^th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) in Hamburg, Germany.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists deputy director Marina Walker Guevara said numerous investigations in the would not be possible without the help of technology but it will never replace humans.