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Once the most commonly used technologies have been defined and we have identified the stages of the production workflow in which they are used, we will discuss the specific applications of these technologies in television archives, audiovisual heritage preservation organisations, press agencies and innovation projects where technology vendors and media companies collaborate. Finally, we will deal with the challenges related to the implementation of AI in media archives, the need for datasets in the development of language models, and the relevance of a sensible use of technology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3145\/epi.2023.sep.17","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,27]],"date-time":"2023-09-27T14:27:09Z","timestamp":1695824829000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Artificial intelligence applications in media archives"],"prefix":"10.3145","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4920-2212","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Virginia","family":"Baz\u00e1n-Gil","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiotelevisi\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1709","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"AI4Media (2023). 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