HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, has announced humain-m3, a frontier Arabic-language model commissioned by HUMAIN and delivered by MiniMax.
Saudi Arabia is ramping up investment in artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, led by its wealth fund PIF as the country seeks to attract technology capital and build domestic AI capabilities. The kingdom ranked first globally in digital governance and cybersecurity indicators, and third in AI models.
Ooredoo, a leading international telecommunications company based in Qatar, has announced plans to invest about $800 million for a 49% stake in Zankore, an artificial intelligence computing platform being developed in Indonesia, thus marking its expansion into AI infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
Artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century — provided that governments act swiftly to close the gaps in power, connectivity, skills, and institutional quality that threaten to leave them behind, a World Bank Group report said.
Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement in Shanghai on establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), Xinhua news agency reported.
Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than scientific understanding and governments' ability to regulate it, creating growing risks that require urgent global action based on a shared scientific evidence base, a landmark United Nations report warned.
The Global AI Show Riyadh 2026, taking place on June 29 and 30, has unveiled its first line-up of thought leaders, policymakers, innovators, and global AI experts set to drive the direction of artificial intelligence and put it on the edge of innovation until 2026.
The AI technology is largely ready, but organisations now face the challenge of closing the gap between AI adoption and effective implementation, said an expert. Falling behind on AI implementation is costing clients and talent with a new research warning of $143 billion at risk in US.
The UAE has announced plans to set up a national body responsible for data, artificial intelligence and digital government in the country. The move is aimed at improving the quality of life, thereby strengthening the nation's competitiveness and global leadership in the digital economy.
Nokia has announced the launch of its AI Networking Innovation Lab, a new centre designed to drive co-innovation with AI and cloud partners and accelerate the development of next-generation networking technologies for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
