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The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has trained nearly 600,000 young people in data and AI, according to the Saudi media. Oxagon and IBM have build a Robotics Orchestration Platform to manage autonomous mobility in the new industrial city. Meanwhile, Hyundai Motors signed an agreement with Red Sea Global to trial EVs, hydrogen vehicles and develop autonomous mobility.

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Middle East AI News – 28-Mar-24

Education

Saudi trains 600,000 youth in AI & data

#Saudi #education - New education and training initiatives created by Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), together with its academic and technology partners, have so far trained 590,000 students. Saudi Arabia is systematically upskilling its current and future workforce in via a raft of government-backed education and training programmes targeting every level. (Arab News)

Dubai school trials robot teaching

#UAE #education - GEMS Dubai American Academy is using Softbank Robotics Pepper robot for a school-wide trial. Middle and high school students use the robot to practice their coding skills, creating a lesson for Pepper to deliver. New of the trial was featured on CNN this week. (CNN)

Advanced Mobility

Oxagon, IBM build autonomous robotics control platform

#Saudi #NEOM - NEOM's industrial city development Oxagon, has announced a Robotics Orchestration Platform, co-created with IBM. The AI platform will monitor, control, and orchestrate robots, drones, and autonomous assets involved in last mile delivery. (LinkedIn)

Hyundai, RSG to develop future mobility

#Saudi #SouthKorea #mobility - Hyundai Motor Group signed an agreement with luxury eco-destination developer Red Sea Global for future mobility projects. The deal includes trials of electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered cars and collaboration on advanced air mobility systems, and autonomous vehicles. (KED)

CoEs

Sharjah Industry X.0 CoE

#UAE #industry - Abu Dhabi headquartered industrial deep tech company, Maxbyte Technologies, has teamed up with Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) to set up a state-of-the-art Industry X.0 Centre of Excellence. (Gulf Today)

Sentiment

45% of CEOs plan company-wide AI deployments

#MiddleEast #adoption - More than half of CEOs in the region are looking at company-wide AI deployments, according to a new survey by management consulting firm Arthur D. Little. 31% have confirmed they are implementing AI strategies across several departments. (Zawya)

87% of Saudi manufacturers plan to invest in AI

#Saudi adoption - Rockwell Automation's 9th State of Smart Manufacturing Report has found that 87 percent of companies in Saudi and the UAE have invested or plan to invest in AI and ML within the next year. 44 percent expect AI and Machine learning to drive their biggest business outcomes. (Zawya)

Arabic NLP

Intella launches Intella MX for AI transcription

#Saudi #Arabic - Riyadh-headquartered Arabic transcription company Intella, has launched Intella MX. Built on the company's dialectal Arabic language speech to text engine Intella VX, the new product provides an AI-powered media transcription service transcribes all dialects of Arabic, and translate them to English. (LinkedIn)

Gaming

Tamatem Games relocates to Abu Dhabi

#Jordan #UAE #gaming - Leading Arabic mobile games publisher Tamatem Games in relocating its headquarters to Abu Dhabi, following a deal with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO). Abu Dhabi’s gaming landscape already has over 70 content-creating companies. (Emirates News Agency)

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Index 2024

#Saudi #digitaltransformation - The Saudi Digital Government Authority has launched the 2024 edition its Digital Transformation Index for 2024, an initiative to help inform public sector decisionmakers about technology evolution. Participating organisations collectively achieved a progress rate of 85.53 percent, compared to 81 percent in 2022 and 69% in 2021. (Arab News)

Energy

Al Yasat Petroleum uses AIQ for new field

#UAE #energy - Al Yasat Petroleum, a joint venture between ADNOC and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is pioneering the use of a new AI solution developed by Abu Dhabi based AIQ, to analyse reservoir data, and enhanced the safety and performance of its operations. (World Oil)

Agriculture

Olive oil business uses AI and blockchain

#Tunisia #blockchain - AI and blockchain are being introduced to the olive oil sector. Olive oil producer CHO Group is using AI to improve crop harvests, manage the impact of climate change, while providing traceability to its entire supply chain using blockchain. Results are supporting an increase in global exports. (Olive Oil Times)

AI Diplomacy

Arab states sign first UN AI resolution

#UN #AI - The United Nations General Assembly last week unanimously adopted the first global resolution on AI, that encourages countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data, and monitor AI for risks. The non-binding resolution was co-sponsored by Jordan, Morocco, United Arab Emirates and 100 and 17 others. (UN)

Saudi Arabia joins Science20 meet

#Saudi #Science20 - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) represented Saudi Arabia at the meeting of the Science20 group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an initiative within the G20 aimed at leveraging science for global transformation. (Saudi Gazette)

UAE-US AI collaboration

#UAE #USA #AI - A new whitepaper from the UAE Embassy in Washington credits the United States as the Emirates' most important partner in AI and digital transformation. These include key partnerships with IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, and NASA, according to the embassy. Download the paper. (The Circuit)

Video of the week

Pepper robot trial at Dubai school

Watch the video of CNN's report on the GEMS Dubai American Academy and how the school is using SoftBank Robotics' Pepper robot across multiple grades to teach school children about AI, robotics and other subjects.

Watch via CNN website (2 mins 30 secs)

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