This was the week that Dubai Chambers and India’s NASSCOM signed an agreement to support Agentic AI growth and help Indian deeptech companies expand into Dubai.
In other news, new research found that AI spending is surging in Saudi Arabia and the UAE while execution continues to lag behind; Saudi Arabia added 50 AI units to its school curriculum; e& became the first operator to embed Agentic AI into core connectivity bundles; and MBZUAI research exposed the challenges AI models still face in understanding and speaking Arabic dialects.
Here are this week’s biggest AI news stories!
Sunday, August 16th
🔥 MBZUAI builds first cultural benchmark for Arabic AI
AI understands dialects but struggles to speak them, Emirati Arabic among hardest
Monday, August 17th
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🔥 e& first to embed AI in core connectivity
e& Business Pro and mobile plans get Agentic AI bundles by default
Tuesday, August 18th
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🔥 Saudi Arabia, UAE AI spend surges, execution lags behind
ServiceNow report finds gaps in KSA and UAE AI rollouts, few use autonomous AI
🔥 Saudi Arabia adds 50 AI units to curriculum
Education minister unveils reforms for new term, schools to expand AI learning
Wednesday, August 19th
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Thursday, August 20th
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🔥 Dubai Chambers, India’s NASSCOM partner on Agentic AI growth
MoU targets Indian deeptech firms expanding to Dubai