Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly become an active participant in the newsroom. From automated news generation to audience analytics and personalized content delivery, algorithms are reshaping how journalism operates. This paper examines the rise of AI-driven journalism, evaluating both its potential to enhance efficiency and its limitations in replacing human creativity, ethics, and critical thinking. Through case studies of AI-powered platforms such as The Washington Post's Heliograf and Reuters' Lynx Insight, the study explores the relationship between human journalists and machine-driven newsrooms. The paper concludes that while AI can assist journalists in data processing and routine reporting, human insight remains irreplaceable for ethical, interpretive, and investigative journalism.