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Fifteen billion dollars announced at LEAP 2026, and only 857 million of it for venture capital

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Two numbers emerged from the Riyadh Exhibition and Conference Center in Mulhim at the close of LEAP 2026: fifteen billion dollars, and 857 million dollars. The first is the total announced over the four days of the conference in terms of investments, launches

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Abu Dhabi agenda includes 297 events through end 2026: Agentic AI and energy systems lead the scene

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Adnic group revealed the schedule for the second half of 2026, including hosting 297 events, an exhibition and an international conference across its sites in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, extending through the end of December. The agenda covers a broad range of

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Arizona State and the AI for the Public Good summit reengineer education by eliminating tests that can be solved automatically

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The session "First Generation of AI: Are We Learning the Right Way?" presented as part of the 2026 "AI for the Public Good" summit, chaired by the executive deputy editor of The Economist, Kenneth Coker, marked a radical shift

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Technology Innovation Institute proposes a digital sovereignty equation that combines unified learning encryption with automated research and development pathways

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, the applied research arm of the Advanced Technology Research Council, presented its integrated vision of digital sovereignty in artificial intelligence during its participation in the “AI for the Public Good 2026” summit. The institute's

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First Saudi AI infrastructure crosses borders as Explaın and Syriatel launch sovereign agent services in Syria

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The LiB tech conference platform in Riyadh witnessed official approval of a joint recognition memorandum between the Explaın platform (aixplain) and the Syrian telecommunications company Syriatel, to launch the first deployment of a Saudi AI infrastructure within the Syrian Arab Republic. This step,

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Switzerland ties AI innovation to the public good at the 2026 Geneva summit and prepares for a global summit in 2027

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Switzerland, in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union and United Nations system partners, opened the AI for the Public Good 2026 summit in Geneva, sending a message that technology governance is inseparable from its human objectives. The address by Federal Councillor and Head

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From theory to institutional operation, consulting firms share AI and digital sovereignty dossiers at LiB 2026

Listen to this article Read by Anchor With the launch of the fifth edition of the LiB 2026 conference in Riyadh, running from 31 August to 3 September, which brings together more than 201,000 visitors, 1,000 speakers, 1,800 technology brands, 600 start-ups and 1,900 investors, a

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India AI Impact Summit brings together leaders of 20 countries in New Delhi to discuss tech sovereignty and shared computing

Listen to this article Read by Anchor New Delhi is preparing to host the India AI Impact Summit 2026, marking a milestone in international cooperation as the first global summit dedicated to artificial intelligence held in a Global South nation. Running from the 16th to the 20th of this month,

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LEAP 2026 gathers 1,900 investors in Malham as a real test for bringing digital twins and artificial intelligence into major facility management

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The fifth edition of the international technology conference LEAP opens at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, north of the Saudi capital, under the theme "Into New Worlds", running from August 31 to September 3. The gathering features more

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Insilico Medicine executives at LEAP 2026 and financial summits as AI drug discovery moves to clinical validation and market entry

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi capital, Riyadh, is preparing to host a series of specialized discussions led by Insilico Medicine during the LEAP 2026 conference, coinciding with executive appearances at major financial and healthcare summits in Shenzhen, Suzhou, and Xiamen. The dual presence reflects a broader

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Experts at the AI for Good Global Summit warn that safety direction is missing as profit incentives drive model development

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A panel at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 delivered a sharp critique of the industry's current trajectory, with researchers and sector leaders agreeing that the real danger lies not in the speed of technical development itself, but in the

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Indigenous wisdom at the AI for Good summit calls to halt resource depletion and redefine computational efficiency

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The session "AI, Indigenous Wisdom and the Future of Humanity", held as part of the AI for Good Global Summit 2026, placed the paradox of natural resource consumption at the centre of international technology debates. Evie Smith, a consultant in stewardship

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Student talents under the microscope of artificial intelligence at Irtiqa Conference

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Can artificial intelligence help teachers discover their students' abilities without becoming a substitute for their role? A question that asserts itself strongly as the rapid expansion of AI technologies in education continues, and it was one of the key topics discussed byInternational

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From conversation to building, what remained of the first AI After Hours night in Dubai?

Listen to this article Read by Anchor After the opening night at One Central, one point became clearer than any technical presentation: the transition from using artificial intelligence in conversation to using it in work does not necessarily start with a line of code. This is the line that the

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When documentaries become a driver for action the ai doc or how i became an apocaloptimist screening at the ai for good summit

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In a hall filled with technologists, policymakers and citizens, the presentation was not just a film to watch and then set aside. The new documentary "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist," shown at the AI for Good Summit

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What changes when Scale moves from predicting customer loss to testing interventions

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The data team can know that a customer is about to leave, then not know what to do with that knowledge. That gap is what the Scale webinar on customer retention faced on August 5, which the company made available for recording after

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How BrowserStack meeting in Dubai moved software testing from maintenance to review

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When AI reaches software testing, the question is no longer how many test cases the team can generate. The harder question is what remains for the engineer to verify before a change reaches the user. That question was at the heart of BrowserStack&

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What Remained After Itqan Community’s Second Cairo Meetup

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The question at Itqan Community’s second meetup in Cairo on July 10 was not about an app that attracts attention for one day. What remained after the evening was more difficult: can Quranic technology projects be built as useful tools that can

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When an Agentic AI Challenge Extended a Dubai Workshop

Listen to this article Read by Anchor After any workshop on agentic AI, one simple question separates content from impact: did participants return to their desks with an interesting idea, or leave with a real problem they were trying to solve? At a Decoding Data Science session at in5 Tech

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When an AI Agent Fails, Accountability Still Rests with a Human

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When a financial system fails in production, the model does not wake up to fix it. A human engineer does, and that engineer remains accountable. That point, rather than the technical presentations, was the conclusion of a full morning with fintech engineers at

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Build.Industries EP3 Put Physical AI in Attendees’ Hands

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Physical AI was no longer an abstract idea hovering over a stage in Dubai. At the third edition of Build.Industries, attendees held an actual satellite, watched a digital twin operate in front of them, then saw a live demonstration of how artificial

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The conference ended, but the curriculum remained on the table

At ICAN 2026 in Riyadh, discussion of talent development turned into university programmes, professional standards and training paths, while the test of implementation remains open.

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Agentic AI Innovators Forum: from enterprise presentations to tools for builders

A review of the first Agentic AI Innovators Forum in Dubai: enterprise themes were delivered and a tools partnership emerged, while public slides and operational results are still needed.

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DEWA Agentic AI Hackathon Turns Training into Internal Projects

A recap of an internal hackathon that brought together 50 young DEWA employees around agentic AI, with a clear distinction between what took place and the results that remain unpublished.

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DEWA's Agentic AI Hackathon Turns Training into Internal Projects

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Youth Council at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, concluded an agentic AI hackathon at the utility's Al Shera'a building in Dubai, coinciding with World Youth Skills Day. According to DEWA's official page, the three-day event

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