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Insights: Adding the human touch to AI for better customer experience

Artificial intelligence models can actively mine customer interactions for ideas on how to improve products, services and experiences

Healthcare

Top tech trends transforming the healthcare industry

Georg Schroeckenfuchs, head of Gulf and Saudi Country Group – Innovative Medicines at Novartis Innovation, tells us how technology is enabling innovation in healthcare

Construction

Building green: How the UAE’s construction sector is promoting sustainability

Real estate developers have rapidly embraced the concept of net-zero buildings and accelerated their transition to eco-friendly construction

Robotics

How cloud is assisting emergence of robotics as a service in the region

The ability to move on-demand services for robotic assistance to a cloud platform will boost demand from SMBs in the region, explains Doaa Sulaiman, robotics director, Proven Robotics

UAE

Reasons why UAE employees lack trust in robots

Employees trust robots in performing ordinary tasks such as cleaning, but are less willing to trust them with life critical functions such as performing surgeries

Dataiku

AI firm Dataiku secures $200m to underpin growth

The Series F investment brings the company’s total primary funding since inception to approximately $600m

tech

Can Dubai’s growing tech affinity propel its real estate sector?

Dubai’s real estate sector has taken massive strides in terms of sales and investment

Dubai Future Labs signs three agreements

Dubai Future Labs signs three agreements to drive innovation in aviation, logistics

The agreements seek to drive adoption of advanced robotics and automation technologies in key economic sectors

ESG

Why tools that aid reporting hold the key to ESG success

Digital tools that can aid sustainability reporting are as important as any other weapon in businesses’ digital transformation armouries

accidents

How artificial intelligence can help reduce road accidents

Daniel Avdagic, CEO of AV Living Lab explains some of the technologies to look out for in 2023 that will focus on road safety

Amazon

Amazon’s new warehouse robot could one day replace humans

Amazon employs hundreds of thousands of workers, whose dexterity and intuition currently let them pick and pack items more quickly and more reliably than existing machines

swftbox

UAE’s swftbox closes $2m fundraise to build AI-powered delivery platform

The Abu Dhabi-based Hub71 company will continue to scale its services across the region, working with e-commerce retailers and courier companies to enhance the delivery experience

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Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court

metaverse

Here’s how artificial intelligence can enhance the metaverse

The correct use of AI and its adoption is pivotal to maintaining the best practice and stepping into the future with metaverse

Awards

Winners revealed: GB Tech Awards 2022

The awards attracted the top technology brands highlighting strong vision, creative projects, dynamic leadership and solid regional presence

Artificial intelligence

Insights: The role of artificial intelligence and blockchain in Web3

Artificial intelligence brings value to organisations to better understand their customers, and monetise interactions in the virtual world

Everyday AI

Insights: Building a value-added culture of everyday AI

Here are the six key factors that can help the process

digitalisation

How AI-driven digitalisation is transforming the engineering sector

AI can play an important role in supporting and outlining an engineering approach to a project and planning how materials, equipment and labour are organised

Bayanat announces intent to list on ADX

Abu Dhabi G42-owned Bayanat announces intent to list on ADX

The subscription period for the listing will open on October 21 and close on October 25

Gitex Global 2022 concludes on Oct 14

Gitex Global, the UAE’s annual tech event, began on October 10 and ended on October 14

PwC Middle East

Gitex Global: PwC Middle East signs with G42 to boost tech solutions

PwC estimates, the Middle East is expected to accrue 2 per cent of total global benefits of AI in 2030 – equivalent to $320bn

MBZUAI to get new super computer built by Hewlett Packard

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to receive new supercomputer

The new supercomputer will deliver end-to-end technologies, based on the HPE Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus, which is purpose-built for AI and analytics workload

Smartworld

UAE’s e& enterprise completes acquisition of Smartworld

Smartworld is now rebranded to e& enterprise IoT and AI

Vodafone

Gitex Global: Vodafone, Ericsson facilitate data-driven decisions with AI-based solutions in Oman

Vodafone in Oman leverages Ericsson expert analytics and network optimisation cognitive software solution to increase network agility

G42 Gitex

Abu Dhabi-based G42 to showcase exponential possibilities of AI at Gitex Global

This is the first time G42 will appear as an exhibitor at Gitex to demonstrate the breadth of its technology ecosystem

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

Sheikh Hamdan launches robotics and automation programme for Dubai

As part of the programme, 200,000 robots will be provided over the next 10 years to increase productivity across various sectors

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Saudi Data and AI Authority, stc to develop digital technologies, AI solutions

The organisations intend to localise digital solutions and exchange experiences and knowledge in the field of data management and governance

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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

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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