#Artificial Intelligence

Alteia

French enterprise AI platform Alteia closes its latest funding round led by Wa’ed Ventures

The company will increase its presence in Saudi Arabia by opening an office in Dhahran to develop industrial vision-based solutions

Gitex Global 2022

Dubai: Gitex Global 2022 to kick off next month

The 42nd edition of the event will take place from October 10-14 at DWTC,  hosting over 4,500 companies and over 100,000 attendees from 170 countries

Saudi IBM

Saudi govt authorities, IBM join forces to reduce kingdom’s emissions

IBM will work with SDAIA to identify high value applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve challenges in public and private sector organisations

Global AI Summit Saudi

Global summit on artificial intelligence begins in Riyadh

The second edition of the Global AI Summit brings together various stakeholders to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and the kingdom’s contribution to this field

Aster Hospitals UAE

Aster Hospitals adopts AI-powered speech recognition solution across its UAE facilities

The latest technology assists healthcare professionals to improve patient care and documentation quality

Digital Banking

Insights: The three elements of a successful digital banking strategy

While omnichannel and digital services aren’t new to banks, many institutions have struggled to keep up with the rapid changes and the scale of demand during the pandemic

Real Estate

How artificial intelligence is transforming the UAE’s real estate market

Alex Galtsev, CEO and founder at Realiste explains how the technology simplifies and streamlines the user experience

Cybersecurity

Here’s why you should bet on cybersecurity

Cybersecurity provides integrity, confidentiality, availability and privacy of online activities to prevent cybercrimes and digital attacks on networks

Department of Health – Abu Dhabi's Malaffi platform adds new functionality

Department of Health – Abu Dhabi’s Malaffi platform adds new functionality

The new feature predicts the level of risk for an individual patient to develop certain chronic diseases or suffer an acute event

UAE Cabinet approves formation of 'Higher Committee for Government Digital Transformation'

UAE Cabinet approves formation of Higher Committee for Government Digital Transformation

The Committee will be chaired by Ohood Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future

DEWA uses AI solutions to enhance water security

How DEWA is using AI to boost operational efficiency

DEWA is using ‘iService’, which utilises metre diagnostics data to detect service interruptions and initiate rectification procedures automatically, among other tech solutions

AI

What if artificial intelligence ever becomes sentient?

Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Tyler Cowen explores the implications….

Cupola

UAE-based Cupola rolls out AI-powered enterprise learning platform

The company has partnered with Avaya to custom-build an intelligent enterprise learning platform

Moro Hub SAS

SAS partners with Moro Hub to elevate AI-based industry solutions in Dubai

Moro Hub will be the service provider of cloud services for SAS catering to the business in Dubai

Argo AI

Ford-backed self-driving startup Argo AI lays off 150 workers

Argo confirmed the layoffs from a global workforce that has grown to more than 2,000

Hub71 e&

Hub71 and e& enterprise to launch UAE’s first AI Center of Excellence

Located in Abu Dhabi, the AI Centre of Excellence will enable companies and startups to develop, deploy and scale applications implementing enterprise AI use cases

Gitex Global

Huawei meets DWTC director general to discuss expanded Gitex Global partnership

The 42nd edition of Gitex Global will gather technology leaders from across the world to discuss, debate, showcase new products, and identify future opportunities

King Saud University IBM

IBM, Saudi’s King Saud University partner to advance skills development

IBM will work with KSU to support AI education and awareness while maximising partnerships with academia, the public, and private sector

Vamstar

Vamstar closes $9.5m funding to expand AI-enabled healthcare supply chain platform

Platform to simplify sourcing and procurement for hospital administrators and healthcare suppliers in the UAE

Superagent from Property Finder - a new AI algorithm

Introducing Property Finder’s SuperAgent, a new AI-driven ranking system for agents

SuperAgent uses millions of data points and aims to help home-seekers find the most responsive agents with up-to-date and improved knowledge of the properties

Etisalat UAE brand identity

Etisalat UAE’s new brand identity revealed

The brand identity is in line with the group’s positioning as a technology and investment conglomerate

RTA

Dubai’s RTA digital platforms revenue hit Dhs3.5bn in 2021

The number of registered users on the digital service platforms exceeded two million, with almost one million of them being active users

Department of Health - Abu Dhabi

Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and biopharma firm MSD GCC announce collaboration

Both the DoH and MSD share a vision of improving the health and wellness of UAE, through innovative medicines and vaccines and other healthcare services

Predictive data analytics

What are the benefits of predictive analytics for businesses?

Predictive data analytics is a vital component for businesses looking to stay ahead of their competition and scale efficiently whilst minimising risk

AI Talent

The AI talent factory – what it is and how to build it

The UAE has long been a proponent of leveraging AI to do just about anything that will upgrade society and governance

Hub71 AIQ

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71, AIQ partner to accelerate AI-driven transformation of the energy industry

The collaboration will see both companies accelerate the development of digital technologies to unlock greater value from oil and gas operations

Pupil ASME

AI specialist Pupil acquires ASME to expand in the UAE

Founded in 2008, ASME is a UAE-based company that specialises in all elements of property measurement

IBM, MBZUAI

IBM and MBZUAI sign agreement to advance AI research with new centre

The centre will leverage the talents of IBM researchers and MBZUAI faculty and students and will focus on the advancement of applied research objectives

Human-machine

Human-machine partnerships are key to the future of customer experience

From diagnosing diseases to understanding human preferences and providing new customer insights, the human-machine partnership is evolving

Sandbox AQ

Google spinoff Sandbox AQ gets backing from CIA’s venture arm

The CIA’s In-Q-Tel was joined by Paladin Capital Group, which backs innovative tech companies, in Sandbox AQ’s first round of fundraising