Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence and machine learning—from generative AI tools to the companies and governments shaping how the technology is used across the Middle East.

Artificial Intelligence
AI-Generated Images: How to Tell What’s Real
AI can fake anatomy, physics, detectors, metadata and context – but it can also leave clues. Here are the key ways to spot deepfakes and AI-generated images.
By Dario d'Elia
Artificial Intelligence
Why It’s Getting Harder To Verify What You See Online
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
By Gia Chaudry

Artificial Intelligence
Meta’s New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kids’ Table
Muse Spark is Meta’s first model since its AI reboot, and the benchmarks suggest formidable performance.
By Will Knight

Artificial Intelligence
US-Israel War On Iran Puts Global Chip Supply and AI Expansion at Risk
From helium extraction in Qatar to shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the semiconductor industry depends on fragile links across the Gulf, raising fears that escalation could ripple through global chip production.
By Carla Sertin

Artificial Intelligence
Before It Builds a City, the UAE Simulates It With Digital Twins
AI-powered digital twins are helping researchers model energy demand, climate risk and infrastructure stress before those pressures hit the real world.
By Jenny Eagle

Artificial Intelligence
AI Is Becoming Infrastructure – And the UAE Is Exporting It
G42’s 8-exaflop deployment in India marks a new phase in sovereign AI, where countries control not just data – but the compute itself.
By Dana Alomar

Big Tech
Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths.
By David Nield
Startups
Inside the Startups Rebuilding Everyday Systems in Yemen
In the absence of stable infrastructure, Yemeni entrepreneurs are inventing new ways to power homes, move goods and reconnect global markets.
By Laura Cretney
Startups
Inside Oman’s Quietly Evolving Startup Landscape
In a market shaped by energy, infrastructure and tradition, Omani founders are building companies designed for local realities rather than imported tech models.
By Laura Cretney
Startups
Clean Tech Is Quietly Taking Shape in Kuwait
Kuwait’s start-up ecosystem is growing, and some founders are building climate-adjacent businesses designed to fix structural gaps in energy, logistics and food.
By Jethu Abraham