This week's top stories — 29 June-5 July
MBZUAI robot training breakthrough; Archer eVTOL test flight; SMAI success
This was the week that Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence announced a breakthrough that will allow industries to train robots faster and more effectively compared with current deep learning techniques.
In other news, Archer Aviation test its eVTOL in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh’s New Murabba development partners with NAVER Cloud for smart city platforms, SDAIA announces that 334,000 Saudi’s have been trained under its SMAI initiative, and G42 announces the first product from newly repositioned Inception, now a ‘product-first’ company.
Here are this weeks biggest AI news stories!
Monday, June 30th
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🔥 New MBZUAI AI framework to fast-track robot learning
New framework could dramatically improve robotic performance over alternatives
◼ Zayed University to integrate AI across organisation, curricula
Zayed University becomes UAE's first to join the Digital Education Council
Tuesday, July 1st
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🔥 Huawei to train 25,000 Egyptian students in AI
Chinese tech giant to provide AI training to students at three Egyptian universities
Wednesday, July 2nd
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🔥 Archer eVTOL completes first UAE test flight
Air taxi company Archer Aviation's test flights begin in Abu Dhabi summer heat
🔥 New Murabba partners with NAVER Cloud
Three-year technology deal covers Smart City platform
Thursday, July 3rd
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🔥 First commercial product from G42's Inception announced
New enterprise AI platform promises to cut procurement cycles by 40%
🔥 SDAIA's SAMAI initiative trains 330,000 Saudis in AI
National AI literacy campaign gains momentum, aims for 1 million target
Friday, July 4th
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🔥 King Saud University & KAIST discuss joint AI institute
The Saudi and Korean universities may start joint research on AI models
Saturday, July 5th
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[Written and edited by a human]