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

AI-Generated Images: How to Tell What’s Real
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.
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.
Meta’s New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kids’ Table
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.
US-Israel War On Iran Puts Global Chip Supply and AI Expansion at Risk
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.
Before It Builds a City, the UAE Simulates It With Digital Twins
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.
AI Is Becoming Infrastructure – And the UAE Is Exporting It
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.
Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
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.
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.
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.
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.