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April 7 · Issue #112 · View online
Middle East AI News is a weekly news digest covering artificial intelligence news from across the region.
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Good morning! Here’s your weekly roundup of Middle East AI News! Lots going on around the region. Perhaps the biggest news of the past week - which broke just a few hours too late to include in last week’s newsletter - was the announcement that PIF and STC will create a new IoT company. We’ve seen new, well-financed, public and private sector companies being announced over the past couple of years targeting a number of different ICT verticals, including PIF’s SCAI (Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence). However, this is the first for IoT. I’ll be including more about this in my Linkedin newsletter later today. Meanwhile, DEWA’s R&D centre has announced a new patent, Aramco and Kaust will create a new AI centre of excellence, and the U.S. 5th fleet plans to have 100 unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operating in the area by Summer 2023 (including data gathering USV Saildrone, which uses wind and solar power). Scroll down for these stories and more! Lastly, in case you’re a Spotify user, I’ve just added the Middle East AI News top stories podcast to the platform. Check it out here. Stay safe and have a great day! /Carrington
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Telecom giant stc, PIF partner in $131m deal to establish IoT joint venture
#Saudi #investment - Saudi telecom giant stc has partnered with its largest shareholder, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), to form a SR492 million ($131m) IoT (Internet of things) products and services company. The new venture’s capital could be expanded up to SR900 million ($240m) three years from establishment, based on business requirements. (Arab News)
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DEWA’s R&D Centre registers new patent
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Saudi Aramco signs MoU with KAUST to establish AI centre of excellence
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QF Research Center works on early diagnosis of autism
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UAE University team wins EGA’s annual student industrial robotics competition
#UAE #robotics - A team from UAE University has won the fourth edition of Al Robot, Emirates Global Aluminium’s annual competition that challenges students from UAE universities and higher education institutions to design and build industrial robots for use at EGA’s aluminium smelters. (Zawya)
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Kidsity, BP Oman conduct third National Robotics Olympics
#Oman #robotics - Edutainment platform Kidsity, in collaboration with BP and the Ministry of Education, announced that 500 students from 200 schools had taken part in its third National Robotics Olympics. (Times of Oman)
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How Dubai helped a 12-year-old Kenyan robotics wiz realise his dreams
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New AI radars to fine Abu Dhabi drivers AED 500 for failing to wait at pedestrian crossings
#UAE #roadsafety - Abu Dhabi Police Force confirmed that advanced radars powered by AI have been activated at many crossings in the capital. The move comes after the completion of a successful pilot programme. (The National)
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Bahrain & stc launch data centre park
#Bahrain #Saudi #datacentres - stc Bahrain has announced the region’s first data center park in partnership. The park will be developed on 55,000 square meters of land in Al-Qurain, making it one of the region’s largest. (Arab News)
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Equinix to build first data center in Salalah
#Oman #datacentres - Equinix is to build first data centre in Salalah, in cooperation with Omantel. The centre will be commercially and operationally managed in full by Equinix as a carrier neutral and open access Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre. (Muscat Daily)
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ALEC launches new company to revolutionise data centre construction in MENA region
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UAE offers $2 million prize money for startups in agri-tech innovation
#UAE #agritech - The UAE is offering a prize money of up to $2 million for startups that can propose cutting-edge agri-tech solutions for food production and management. The competition is organised by the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. (Zawya)
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Oman issues licence for first training centre for drone operations
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NAVCENT commander: Goal of 100 USVs in area by Summer of 2023
#Bahrain #US #USVs - The commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet/ Naval Forces Central Command said he is pleased with the results of unmanned surface vessel (USV) trials and predicts a significant expansion of their use in the 5th Fleet are of operations in the near future. (Sea Power)
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World AI Show to take place in Dubai in May
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ME Data Analytics Forum to focus on $215bn analytics business
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About Carrington Malin
Carrington Malin helps large organisations, digital brands and fast growing tech ventures with brand, communications and go-to-market strategies.
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