Funding: Public broadcaster / state media (5), Own budget (2), Tech company (Google/GNI) (2)
AI-powered website features: AI-generated audio news bulletins in podcast format; AI avatar announcer presenting a visual news bulletin twice daily; AI-powered interactive search across news, reports and investigations; also developed two interactive AI media literacy platforms: ""Make a News Story at WAM"" (users create articles with AI templates) and ""Fake News and WAM's Credibility"" (AI generates realistic…
Studio broadcast automation using Vizrt Viz Mosart: full integration of newsroom control (Avid iNews), vision mixer (Grass Valley Kayenne), playout server (Avid FastServe), video router and graphics management (Vizrt Graphic Hub and Viz Pilot); automates live production elements including camera calls
AI in Arab Media" strategic initiative: published white paper on AI status in Arab media; launched journalist training programme on generative AI tools (Google Gemini, NotebookLM) in partnership with Google News Initiative; roadshow across Arab newsrooms
World's first Arabic-speaking AI news anchor: synthesized lip movement, facial expressions and natural speech reading bulletins in Arabic and English on ADM channels; announced as first Arabic AI anchor globally
AI news presenter deployed as emergency substitute when human news presenter was late;" demonstrates practical use of AI avatars to solve immediate operational problems in live broadcast environments
Voice in the Middle East" — AI text-to-audio service delivering real-time English and Arabic news bulletins for website and podcast distribution; GNI Middle East Innovation Challenge grantee