Today’s news flow puts Dubai squarely at the centre of the AI banking innovation conversation, with a major tech sponsor lining up behind a regional finance event and a cybersecurity summit widening its scope for next year. Alongside that, global stories touch on data centre strategy, an AI stock’s revenue…

From a new UAE sovereign AI platform for enterprises to fresh Saudi data centre partnerships and IBM’s banking push in Dubai, the Gulf’s AI ecosystem kept moving fast today. Internationally, Bill Gates weighed in on the stakes of this AI moment, while US schools rolled out AI tools for teachers…

Today’s AI headlines swing between big regional ambition and cautionary tales about how AI content can mislead or spark legal fights. For UAE and GCC business owners, the throughline is simple: the opportunity to build with AI is real and growing, but so are the risks around trust, content ownership…

Another day, another signal that the Gulf is doubling down on artificial intelligence. Today’s headlines are led by a record-breaking funding round for startups based in Abu Dhabi, alongside a Dubai property tool that uses AI to check rent hikes, a local fintech raise, and a wider look at how…