Mon 12 September 2022:
Saudi Arabia has introduced robots to read the Holy Quran and deliver sermons at the Grand Mosque in Mecca as part of its latest effort to use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist the faithful in Islam’s holiest site, Gulf News reported.
Users can access information on prayer imams, muezzins, weekly schedules, including names of clerics delivering the weekly Friday sermons, by pressing commands on the robots or scanning barcodes displayed on them. Users can also download their services onto personal smartphones by scanning these codes.
استمراراً في استثمار آليات الذكاء الاصطناعي والتحول الرقمي .. الرئيس العام يدشن روبوت “التلاوات والخطب والأذانات”.https://t.co/naQ5hrpo6N#رئاسة_شؤون_الحرمين pic.twitter.com/8uCMCsENZ9
— رئاسة شؤون الحرمين (@ReasahAlharmain) September 9, 2022
The advanced machines were launched by Chief of the General Presidency for Affairs of the Two Holy Mosque Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais. “The launch is part of a massive-scale strategy that aims not only to launch more smart robots at the two holy mosques, but to implement the Smart Haram [Holy Mosque] Project according to the blessed [Saudi] Vision 2030,” he said, referring to the kingdom’s ambitious development scheme.
In recent months, a series of robots have been launched into service at the Grand Mosque for providing fatwas (religious edicts), sterilisation and cleaning the rooftop of the Holy Kaaba housed at the mosque, visited by millions of Muslims from around the world.
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