| Sumario: | A tendency in education is gradually slanted towards technology-integrated language learning. The majority of countries around the world have been increasingly compelled to use computer-mediated language learning in their higher educational system to bridge the gap between the learners' requirements and the needs of the global era. This current investigation is a case study conducted on 40 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) practitioners from various Algerian Higher Education institutions. It aims to explore the teachers' perceptions towards the use of artificial Intelligence technological applications in their ESP classrooms. It also examines the future of ESP teaching in the age of this current trend. Results revealed that teachers in general are aware of using a variety of AI tools to fit the digital revolution, be up-to-date with the current technology, meet the learners' needs and wants, and assist their teaching practices such as the process of Evaluation and assessment, course design, needs analysis and Identification. It has been recommended that the Algerian government should train ESP teachers to use AI as a supportive tool and exert excessive efforts and take the lead to implementing and designing suitable courses that are intended to bridge the gap between the fieldwork and the demands of the students' virtual age.
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