AI-Generated Content: Transparency, Accountability, and Ethical Challenges in Journalism – A Case Study

The ethical implications of AI-generated content in journalism are systematically discussed in the current debate, with a focus on the opportunities and challenges that accompany automated writing and artificial media. The core issues, which include transparency, accountability, truth, and harm, fall within the scope of examination, and the necessity of an immediate policy response is underlined. In this regard, a multimethod approach will be employed, involving case-study analysis and surveys of the audience among the general population. The field of research is organized around live cases of AI applications in sports and financial reporting, and incorporates topical cases, such as deception related to deepfakes. The surveys reveal the importance of the audience as they reflect on the views of the people on ethical requirements. This discourse assesses ethical disclosure behaviors and bias in artificial-intelligence (AI) systems in the context of proven normative constructs of newsrooms and journalists, namely, honesty, autonomy, and accountability, to provide the best ways in which AI can be used responsibly, but under the principles of journalism. Suggestions would enable the creation of ethical codes and best practices in the industry, and more specifically, encourage the audience to trust the industry, given its modern digital environment.

AI-generated content, Journalism ethics, Transparency and accountability

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