Beijing (UNA/QNA) – The State of Qatar is participating in the 7th World Media Summit, which kicked off in the Chinese capital, Beijing, under the theme “Media in the Age of Intelligence: From Consensus to Action,” and will last for 5 days.
The State of Qatar is represented at the summit by Mr. Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Rumaihi, Director General of the Qatar News Agency (QNA).
The summit, organized by China’s Xinhua News Agency in cooperation with the Beijing Municipal Government, will discuss the future of the media industry in light of the rapid developments in artificial intelligence technologies, and ways to enhance international cooperation and exchange experiences in the fields of digital media and technological innovation.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Hu Yugang, Vice President of Xinhua, said that artificial intelligence is reshaping production patterns, lifestyles, and knowledge production methods, and is posing new challenges and opportunities for traditional media. He stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation among media organizations and expanding the provision of high-quality news content to keep pace with these transformations.
He called for maintaining media credibility, verifying the accuracy of news and information, conducting joint press interviews, as well as deepening innovation and expanding participation in benefiting from technological progress, in order to contribute to strengthening understanding between different civilizations.
On the sidelines of the summit, Mr. Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Rumaihi, Director General of the Qatar News Agency (QNA), met with Mr. Hu Yugang, Vice President of Xinhua, where they discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two agencies and exchange experiences in the media and technological fields, in addition to exploring prospects for utilizing modern technologies and artificial intelligence in news work.
Also on the sidelines of the summit, the world’s first robotic news anchors, with a design inspired by biotechnology, were launched, in addition to a research project specializing in news photography techniques using mobile phones and verifying the authenticity of media content, in light of the increasing challenges posed by the technologies for producing images and videos using artificial intelligence.
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