Good morning,Here's your weekly Middle East AI News!Lots of news to share this week! This week saw one of the most significant deals announced following the Abraham Accord, with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science announced a preliminary R&D agreement for AI.Meanwhile, as mentioned in last week's newsletter, four startup investments by ADQ’s Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) fund were revealed over the past few weeks. This week saw Indian ecommerce group EkAnek added to the list, while AI-powered edtech platform Cuemath is thought to be in talks to secure AWI funding for its new C series round (see story below). And next month's Global AI Summit, organised by the Saudi Data and AI Authority, or SDAIA, will be now be held virtually 21-22 October (not 6-8 October as previously announced). The event is being held under the theme of AI for the Good of Humanity.Scroll down for these stories and more.Have a great weekend!/Carrington
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Good morning,Here's your weekly Middle East AI News!Lots of news to share this week! This week saw one of the most significant deals announced following the Abraham Accord, with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science announced a preliminary R&D agreement for AI.Meanwhile, as mentioned in last week's newsletter, four startup investments by ADQ’s Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) fund were revealed over the past few weeks. This week saw Indian ecommerce group EkAnek added to the list, while AI-powered edtech platform Cuemath is thought to be in talks to secure AWI funding for its new C series round (see story below). And next month's Global AI Summit, organised by the Saudi Data and AI Authority, or SDAIA, will be now be held virtually 21-22 October (not 6-8 October as previously announced). The event is being held under the theme of AI for the Good of Humanity.Scroll down for these stories and more.Have a great weekend!/Carrington