Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Arnaud Nicolas MAWEL
Published on 2024-03-04 15:09:54
This commitment emerges from the remarks made during the opening session of the UAR summit on African media and Artificial Intelligence. The works of this meeting began on March 4, 2024 at the Palais des congrès de Yaoundé in the presence of several stakeholders.
From March 4 to 6, 2024, academics, experts, politicians, civil society actors, and journalists are exchanging views on artificial intelligence and African media. Organized by the African Union of Broadcasting, the Yaoundé summit aims to achieve several objectives. These include evaluating the readiness of African media to use artificial intelligence, developing strategies and recommendations for the responsible adoption of AI, and promoting collaboration among stakeholders.
The introductory session of the summit took place on Monday. During this session, the inaugural lecture by Professor Emmanuel Pondi addressed the question of whether one should fear Artificial Intelligence. In the course of this lecture, it emerges that “we should not be afraid of artificial intelligence.” According to him, in the face of this development, “we should instead organize ourselves to create tools that benefit Africa.” It is in this vein that “Cameroon is committed to taking advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence,” declared the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng.
The rest of the summit’s work revolves around several themes, including the adoption and integration of Artificial Intelligence in the media, media, Artificial Intelligence, democracy, and society, as well as media content and Artificial Intelligence.
Yaoundé is hosting the UAR summit on African media and Artificial Intelligence.
Read the original article(French) on Journal du Cameroun
