Speaking at Web Summit Qatar, Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani unveils the ‘Core Project’, urging a shift from speed to context in the AI era.
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Journalism has acquired a renewed importance at a time technology guided by algorithmic systems has “fuelled new forms of polarisation”, Al Jazeera Media Network’s director general has said, adding that the Doha-based Network aims to review its role and the purpose in the digital age.
“Algorithmic systems, attention-based economic models and instant interaction have fuelled new forms of polarisation, and deepened division instead of dialogue. They have built echo chambers where people live cut off from other narratives, and from the true complexity of the world,” Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani said at the Web Summit Qatar 2026 on Tuesday.
