QNA Director-General meets Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector Vice President

Doha, Qatar: Director General of Qatar News Agency (QNA) HE Ahmed bin Saeed Al Rumaihi met on Sunday with Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Worldwid...

Doha, Qatar: Director-General of Qatar News Agency (QNA) HE Ahmed bin Saeed Al Rumaihi met on Sunday with Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector, Angie Heise.

During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation between QNA and Microsoft and ways to develop news work through the use of artificial intelligence programs.

In this context, Director-General of QNA HE Ahmed bin Saeed Al Rumaihi said, "We are celebrating the launch of an important phase in the partnership between Qatar News Agency and Microsoft."

He added that in light of the rapid and continuous changes in the media field, adopting innovation and advanced technology is an essential and indispensable option. Through our ongoing cooperation with Microsoft, we are today starting a new step towards the future by integrating the written and visual content provided by the QNA with the latest artificial intelligence technology, as part of updating the system of providing news content to the audience around the world.

He added that the new QNA website, which will be launched on the global Microsoft Azure platform, will not only be a platform for news, but will be an example of how technology is leading the next generation of digital transformation. Thanks to this, the new QNA website will have the features of smart search, verification of media content (text, images and video) and the creation of content using artificial intelligence.