The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) of Turkey is close to completing the development of the Via+ system based on artificial intelligence (AI), RTUK president Mehmet Danis said on Sunday, RTUK informs.

“Via+ is a new AI-based system that enables us to perform monitoring and overseeing functions. It can simultaneously monitor more than 800 [TV] channels, as well as monitor virtually all internet media platforms, via six satellites,” Danis said.

He stressed that Via+ will become a unique protective shield for Turkey in the information space, similar to the Steel Dome system that ensures the country’s national security.

As per the head of RTUK, this system will be able to process up to 19,200 hours of recordings per day, translate materials into 12 languages, and analyze more than 300 million frames. In addition, Via+ will recognize possible violations in both audio and visual parts of the content.

According to him, the development of this system is 90% percent complete, Via+ is currently being tested, and RTUK specialists are learning to work with this new technology.

Also, this system has been accredited in accordance with RTUK requirements, and work is currently underway to connect Turkey’s monitoring department to this system.