The BBC has appointed Anjali Kapoor as director for BBC News AI, Innovation and Growth.
Kapoor is charged with leading the news division’s AI adoption as well as on and off-platform audience growth in the UK and globally. Her team includes BBC News’ existing digital development and growth, social and weather teams.
Kap was most recently the Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta, where she partnered with media organisations to achieve their strategic business goals around audience and revenue growth.
She has also held senior leadership positions at The Globe and Mail, Yahoo!, and Bloomberg Media.
BBC News CEO Deborah Turness said: “This is a critical role as we transform BBC News to be fit for the future, using AI to enhance our journalism, growing audiences – particularly under-25s. Anjali’s deep knowledge of how news works, her future-focused approach to AI and her deep understanding of product and platforms make her uniquely positioned to lead this work.”
Elsewhere at the corporation, BBC Studios Productions is recruiting a specialist team of AI creatives, technologists, and producers for a new AI Creative Lab, an initiative designed to introduce innovation across its global content portfolio.
The AI Creative Lab will act as a hub for experimentation to explore how AI can unlock new possibilities – from concept development to production workflows.
The AI Creative Lab will support teams across BBC Studios Productions’ Scripted, Unscripted, Global Productions, Audio, and Kids & Family genres.
BBC Studios said it wants to support these teams to experiment confidently and responsibly with rapidly expanding technologies.
It emphasised that the BBC Group’s AI Principles will be at the core of BBC Studios approach to using AI through this new venture.
Zai Bennett, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, BBC Studios Productions, said: “As a global producer, we believe the future of British storytelling lies at the crossroads of creativity and technology.
“The AI Lab is about doing just that – creating new worlds, new formats, and new ways to tell stories that matter, and a space where our teams can push boundaries, experiment fearlessly, and reimagine what’s possible. Throughout all this however, we’ll continue to ensure that innovation never compromises our editorial integrity or the deep respect we have for the rights of our creative talent and contributors.”
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