Russia to Create AI Ethics Code for Journalists
Russia is developing a new journalistic ethics code to regulate journalists' use of artificial intelligence, with the draft expected to be adopted at the 14th Congress of the Union of Journalists of Russia in autumn 2027.
Consensus
- The Union of Journalists of Russia is developing a new ethics code for journalists.
- The new code will address journalists' interaction with artificial intelligence.
- The development process will take about a year.
- The code is expected to be adopted at the 14th congress of the Union of Journalists of Russia in the autumn of 2027.
- The previous ethics code is outdated and does not account for modern technologies.
Points of divergence
- The need for the new code is linked to Russia's exit from the International Federation of Journalists. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The topic of AI's legal status became a subject of a court dispute during the review of the registration cancellation lawsuit against Yabloko, involving an image generated by ChatGPT with the caption 'European station of the future//ChatGPT'. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The Supreme Court ruled that OpenAI is the rights holder of the AI-generated image, citing Article 1225 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, and classified the result of neural network work as protected intellectual property. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Russia, an ethical code for journalists working with AI will be created — SOTAvision
- Union of Russian Journalists is developing a new code of ethics for the Russian journalist, which will also regulate mutual... — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Russia
- Union of Journalists
- Vladimir Solovyov
- TASS
- SJR
- Union of Journalists AI
- International Federation of Journalists