THE Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) has called for regional collaboration to harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence while safeguarding democratic discourse in the already vulnerable Caribbean media ecosystem challenged by limited advertising revenues, small market sizes, and economic vulnerabilities as well as natural disasters.

In its message to commemorate Press Freedom Day on May 3 under the theme The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Press Freedom and the Media, the organisations urged local and regional media institutes to come together to recognise the achievements and challenges of media organisations within the Caribbean.

“While AI tools offer opportunities for automated reporting, data analysis and audience engagement, they also risk deepening existing inequities,” MIC said in a media release on May 2.