In the current era of rapid development of science and technology, science and technology journals are an important platform for disseminating scientific research results and promoting academic exchanges. The editing process covers topic selection, review, proofreading, typesetting, and polishing, which is a key step in ensuring the academic quality of journals and publishing standards. With the continuous advancement of information technology, artificial intelligence has gradually penetrated into various fields, bringing new opportunities and challenges to the editorial work of scientific and technological journals. This article will start from the current application status of artificial intelligence in the editing of science and technology journals, deeply analyze the advantages and feasibility of technology empowering editorial work, discuss possible problems and challenges, and put forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions to provide reference and reference for the editing work of science and technology journals.