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1 week ago | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Formally announced during the official visit of US President Donald J. Trump, a US-UAE AI Acceleration Partnership will bolster cooperation around artificial intelligence and other critical technologies, which includes the building of a UAE-US AI cluster in Abu Dhabi with 5 Gigawatts (GW) of data centre capacity.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
#SaudiArabia #EXCLUSIVE - In one of its first major deals, Saudi Arabia's new national AI company HUMAIN has formed a groundbreaking $10 billion joint venture with US AI infrastructure firm AMD to create a global AI hyperscaler. The multi-year partnership will begin with the rollout of 50 megawatts (MW) of computing power by Q4 2025, and scale to at least 500MW over the next five years.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. U.S. technology export controls have been top of mind for Gulf technology and government leaders for the past couple of years, as access to high-end computer processors has been further restricted.
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1 month ago | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
#UAE #law – The UAE Cabinet has approved the creation of a new Regulatory Intelligence Office within the Cabinet and a new AI-powered integrated regulatory intelligence ecosystem to create a more agile legal system. Designed to monitor the impact of laws on the economy and society in real time, the AI ecosystem will recommend updates and reforms based on data analysis.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
open.substack.com | Carrington Malin
#Spain #UAE #MWC25 - Global telecom industry association GSMA has launched the first benchmarking framework for real-world telecom use cases, to assess the performance of large language models (LLMs) in handling telecom-specific knowledge. As part of a new GSMA Open-Telco LLM Benchmarks initiative, the evaluation framework was developed by open-source community platform Hugging Face, Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University and The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with global operators and vendors.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
#Saudi #LEAP25 – NEOM has signed a landmark agreement with Saudi-based data centre developer DataVolt to build a cutting-edge AI-powered data centre in Oxagon, the Kingdom’s hub for clean industries. The facility, backed by an initial $5 billion investment, will have a total capacity of 1.5 GW (gigawatts) and aims to be fully powered by renewable energy.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
#Saudi #Edge - San Diego-headquartered on-device AI inferencing startup Kneron is establishing a subsidiary in Riyadh in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s National Semiconductor Hub (NSH) and National Technology Development Program (NTDP). Kneron’s expansion aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 and leverages the Kingdom's $266 million semiconductor fund to build a fabless semiconductor ecosystem and lure semiconductor companies to the country.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 02-Oct-24 - Middle East AI News Minute (The Guide edition) - brought to you by OnDemand - Turbocharged AI Product Development and Integration. In this podcast; Space42 begins trading on Abu Dhabi stock exchange (Zawya)US to change AI chip export regulations(Reuters)Kuwait trains middle management on data-driven decision making(Arab Times)Or to sign-up for email notifications for this podcast?
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 20-Aug-24 - Middle East AI News Minute - brought to you by OnDemand - Turbocharged AI Product Development and Integration. In this podcast; Abu Dhabi conducts AI-powered natural habitat survey(Abu Dhabi Media Office)Saudi launches digital chip design training(SPA)Abu Dhabi Airports and Groupe ADP to develop Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure(Emirates News Agency)Or to sign-up for email notifications for this podcast?
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
middleeastainews.com | Carrington Malin
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 19-Aug-24 - Middle East AI News Minute - brought to you by OnDemand- Turbocharged AI Product Development and Integration. In this podcast; Saudi government scores high in digital maturity(Zawya)SDAIA issues draft rules for personal data transfer(LinkedIn)Huawei launches 2024 developer competition(Arqam)Or to sign-up for email notifications for this podcast?
