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Saudi Arabia AI Firm Humain Invests $3bn in Musk’s xAI

3 hours ago The investment also positions the Kingdom to benefit if Musk's other venture SpaceX proceeds with an IPO.

Perplexity Rolls Back AI Ads to Prioritize User Experience

5 hours ago With LLMs becoming the new search engines, advertising is now being seen as the only viable way to neutralize the astronomical costs of maintaining models and meeting investor pressure for profitability.

The Thinkers and AI Strategists Driving GovTech Conclave 2026

10 hours ago Meet the leaders and academic experts redefining how governments design, deploy, and govern technology in the Middle East.

UAE Banks Phase Out OTPs Amid Fraud Surge

a day ago Digital payments boom forces rethink of authentication infrastructure.

Data Leak at Abu Dhabi Finance Week Exposes Details of 700+ Delegates

a day ago Unprotected cloud storage left passport scans of senior political and financial figures publicly accessible.

Alibaba’s Latest Open-Weight Qwen3.5 Enters a Crowded Field

2 days ago Qwen3.5 supports 201 languages and expands compatibility with open-source AI agents, signaling broader global ambitions.

Why Finance Leaders Must Fix Data Trust Before Betting on AI

2 days ago “Organizations that scale successfully focus less on the model and more on the system around it.”

MBZUAI Secures $1M from Google.org to Narrow AI’s Language Divide

3 days ago Funding will support research into low-resource language models tailored to the MENA region.

UAE Emerges as Global Powerhouse, 42% of Firms Named ‘AI Leaders’

3 days ago BCG report finds UAE organizations outpacing regional peers and translating AI ambition into measurable financial returns.

Riyadh Launches Automated Traffic Compensation Under Osool Program

3 days ago The initiative forms part of the center’s wider efforts to improve service delivery for infrastructure projects in the Riyadh region.