DOHA, Qatar – Dec. 15,2025 – al Jazeera Media Network today announced a major expansion of its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud,naming the company as its main technology provider for Al Jazeera’s transformative initiative,”The Core.” This new collaboration aims to redefine the future of journalism by integrating Google’s advanced generative AI and agentic capabilities into the heart of news production.

Al Jazeera designed “The Core” as a pioneering operational model to shift the role of AI from a passive tool to an active partner in journalism. Unlike customary digital transformations that simply digitize existing workflows, “The Core” reimagines the entire news production lifecycle-from information gathering to content delivery-by embedding AI with humans in the loop at every stage. The project’s primary mission is to empower journalists to focus on high-value storytelling by offloading complex data processing and operational tasks to smart agents.

Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani, director general of Al Jazeera Media Network, said: “Al Jazeera is committed to establishing a global technological ecosystem that cements our leadership in the AI era.’The Core’ is the embodiment of this vision-an integrated model where human expertise and artificial intelligence work in tandem to modernize journalism. Google Cloud’s proven expertise in AI make it the ideal partner to help us execute this enterprising change, ensuring our journalism remains agile, accurate, and deeply engaging for our global audience.”

alex Rutter, EMEA managing director, AI at Google Cloud, said: “Al Jazeera’s decision to build its new ‘Core’ journalism platform leveraging Google Cloud Solutions  is a pivotal step in developing the next generation of intelligent media. this transformational program leverages our advanced AI tools to reshape how journalists report and create content, and we’re proud to be partnering with them on this journey.”

“The Core” will leverage several Google Cloud technologies, including:

• Vertex AI: To build, deploy, and scale generative AI models tailored to the specific needs of news production.
• Google Cloud Storage: For secure and scalable storage of vast amounts of data.
• BigQuery: for advanced data analytics and insights.
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): To manage and orchestrate containerized applications.

Al Jazeera’s collaboration with Google Cloud builds on a long-standing relationship, including previous work to enhance Al Jazeera’s digital infrastructure and improve content delivery. “The Core” represents a significant escalation of this partnership, signaling Al Jazeera’s commitment to innovation and its vision for the future of journalism.