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Instinct gives its agent a dedicated email address, marking the start of delegating accounts and transactions to AI

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Instinct smart assistant platform, valued at $2.5 billion, has launched a new feature that gives its smart agent a dedicated email address for each user via the domain mail.instinct.com, a step intended to enable the agent to create and

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Heumin paves way for dual listing and a 2.5 billion fund, sovereign spending discipline drives Saudi computing toward global capital

M. Jay

Intelligence

Heumin paves way for dual listing and a 2.5 billion fund, sovereign spending discipline drives Saudi computing toward global capital

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Saudi artificial intelligence company "Heumin" has begun practical arrangements to float its shares in a public offering, after its CEO Tarek Amin announced the formation of an expert team to establish the regulatory and financial rules for a dual listing on

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Kuwaiti Dawrati raises two million dollars, valued at ten million as Qatar Development Bank bets on bilingual education infrastructure

M. Jay

Intelligence

Kuwaiti Dawrati raises two million dollars, valued at ten million as Qatar Development Bank bets on bilingual education infrastructure

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Kuwaiti vocational education and training platform “Dawrati” raised two million dollars in an initial financing round led by Qatar Development Bank, a step that lifts the company’s valuation to ten million dollars and confirms development funds’ tilt toward investing in institutional

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Employee spending on AI falls to $7,205, with price war preceding consumption growth

M. Jay

Intelligence

Employee spending on AI falls to $7,205, with price war preceding consumption growth

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Corporate spending data recorded a noticeable slowdown in the pace of expansion toward AI tools during August, according to monitoring by the payments company RAMP of transactions from seventy thousand firms. The index showed that the share of companies paying subscriptions for AI

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From Goal to Implementation, UAE Moves Feed AI to Actual Government Services

M. Jay

Intelligence

From Goal to Implementation, UAE Moves Feed AI to Actual Government Services

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The difference between a government platform and a government plan does not appear in the name, but in the moment it moves to actual services. According to coverage by “AI in Arabia”, the UAE Ministerial Council for Artificial Intelligence and Development approved moving

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One trillion dollars for the Middle East: power testing precedes the AI data centers race

M. Jay

Intelligence

One trillion dollars for the Middle East: power testing precedes the AI data centers race

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The numbers appear so large they can confuse the debate: PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts cumulative global spending of $31.6 trillion on data centers through 2050, with an expected Middle East share of $1.1 trillion. But the figure alone does not answer the region’

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Project Helix unites Coursera and Udemy, shifting focus from stacking viewing hours to proving competence in everyday work environments

M. Jay

Talent

Project Helix unites Coursera and Udemy, shifting focus from stacking viewing hours to proving competence in everyday work environments

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Coursera and Udemy unveiled, at the first joint conference for their customers after the merger titled “FWD,” Project Helix, a skill platform built primarily on artificial intelligence and developed from scratch. The platform aims to help organizations identify critical skills, personalize learning paths

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Body motion coordination for navigating crowded spaces: TANGO model moves robot navigation from simulation to the field

M. Jay

Intelligence

Body motion coordination for navigating crowded spaces: TANGO model moves robot navigation from simulation to the field

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Humanoid robot research is gradually moving beyond conventional models that restrict robot motion to two-dimensional planning, an approach borrowed from wheeled carts that overlooks the flexibility of the human body in crowded spaces. A new study led by researcher Anki Li and a

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From traditional search to ready baskets, Shipt joins the AI assistant race in delivery

M. Jay

Intelligence

From traditional search to ready baskets, Shipt joins the AI assistant race in delivery

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Shipt platform, which specializes in same-day delivery and is owned by Target, announced the launch of its new tool, Ask Shipt, officially joining the race to integrate generative AI agents and assistants into e-commerce and grocery-delivery applications. The tool allows shoppers to

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IBM launches Granite PatchTST as time-series forecasting shifts to open foundational models

M. Jay

Intelligence

IBM launches Granite PatchTST as time-series forecasting shifts to open foundational models

Listen to this article Read by Anchor IBM has launched the new time-series model 'Granite PatchTST-FM-r2' (PatchTST-FM-r2), the latest release in the Granite family of temporal forecasting models. The model weighs roughly 385 million parameters and supports a temporal context of up to 8,192 steps, offering advanced

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Race toward superintelligence with no rescue plan and an Anthropic researcher’s resignation opens the case on agents exiting test environments

M. Jay

Intelligence

Race toward superintelligence with no rescue plan and an Anthropic researcher’s resignation opens the case on agents exiting test environments

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Talk of AI risks is no longer merely academic theory circulating in research institute halls; it has become a public confrontation shaking major labs from within. The resignation of researcher Jacob Coxon, after three years spent on pre-training research between OpenAI and Anthropic,

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Anthropic researchers admit alignment plans are failing: delegating agents faces safety and independent oversight test

M. Jay

Intelligence

Anthropic researchers admit alignment plans are failing: delegating agents faces safety and independent oversight test

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Senior safety researcher at Anthropic, Ivan Hopingr, warned that the pace of AI acceleration has reached a point where they estimate more than a 10 percent chance that the technology could lead to humanity's extinction within the next decade. Although they

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From platform to local team: what the Saudi Napster entity means for tech talent?

M. Jay

Talent

From platform to local team: what the Saudi Napster entity means for tech talent?

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When an artificial-intelligence company enters a new market from abroad, the product may arrive first while the jobs and decisions that create local expertise lag behind. When it registers a legal entity inside the country, the nature of the bet changes: local contracts,

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

M. Jay

Agenda

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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Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi on October 6 and 7 under the banner New Intelligence

M. Jay

Agenda

Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi on October 6 and 7 under the banner New Intelligence

The AI exhibition and summit at Abu Dhabi’s Adnic Center on Oct 6-7 will feature tracks for government, enterprises, startups and infrastructure.

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Platform integration removes data hosting from the top competitive advantage in the Saudi market

M. Jay

Intelligence

Platform integration removes data hosting from the top competitive advantage in the Saudi market

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi tech market is moving beyond merely moving applications to the cloud or limiting distinction to having data centers within the borders, advancing to a more mature operational stage that places integration of systems and contextual artificial intelligence at the top of

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Silicon Valley talks: Saudi Arabia showcases Human computing and opens doors to chip automation with Andreessen and Sequoia

M. Jay

Intelligence

Silicon Valley talks: Saudi Arabia showcases Human computing and opens doors to chip automation with Andreessen and Sequoia

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Sawaha met in Silicon Valley, California, United States, with leaders from major investment funds and global technology companies, in a series of talks focused on expanding investments and partnerships in artificial intelligence, computing capabilities and

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Distributing skill instead of confining it to elites: plans to train millions redefine the return on AI computing in Saudi Arabia

M. Jay

Intelligence

Distributing skill instead of confining it to elites: plans to train millions redefine the return on AI computing in Saudi Arabia

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The investment compass for artificial intelligence in Saudi Arabia is pointing toward a path that places human capital at the heart of the digital race, moving beyond merely rallying infrastructure and attracting investment to building a broad user base capable of turning technology

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Procedural Graphs: Organizing agents’ paths in execution triples ends free generation chaos

M. Jay

Intelligence

Procedural Graphs: Organizing agents’ paths in execution triples ends free generation chaos

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Large language models, when deployed as independent agents for long-term planning and external tool invocation, face a critical operational dilemma, because most current systems rely on unconstrained free generation based on an ever-growing cumulative history of prior conversations and attempts. This reliance leaves

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Mews shifts Meta from conversation to execution as an independent task agent tests trust levels via WhatsApp and the browser

M. Jay

Intelligence

Mews shifts Meta from conversation to execution as an independent task agent tests trust levels via WhatsApp and the browser

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Meta announced the launch of its new smart agent, Mews, for users in the United States, in a step that represents an architectural shift from the generation of traditional chatbots that answer questions and hold conversations to a stage of agents capable of

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Global Holding acquires majority of Marlan, linking low Earth orbit satellites to AI infrastructure

M. Jay

Intelligence

Global Holding acquires majority of Marlan, linking low Earth orbit satellites to AI infrastructure

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Global Holding Company announced in Abu Dhabi a new investment expansion in the space sector, through its subsidiary International Technology Group acquiring an 80 percent majority stake in the UAE-based Marlan Holding. Marlan is the parent entity of Marlan Space, which specializes

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Google Cloud and Accenture establish a joint unit as the AI race moves from selling models to sending field engineers

M. Jay

Intelligence

Google Cloud and Accenture establish a joint unit as the AI race moves from selling models to sending field engineers

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Google Cloud, together with global consulting firm Accenture, launched a joint business unit called Accenture Gemini Business Projects Group, aimed at sending specialised engineers directly into organisations to help accelerate adoption of AI tools and services. Under the agreement, Google will train up

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SDAIA tracks AI’s shift to daily routine: specialized firms grow 174% and half of users rely on human review

M. Jay

Intelligence

SDAIA tracks AI’s shift to daily routine: specialized firms grow 174% and half of users rely on human review

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Recent data released by the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) on the state of artificial intelligence reveal a qualitative shift in the relationship between the local community and the institutional sector with generative technologies, as the market has moved beyond the exploratory

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CloudNC raises $20 million to automate precise manufacturing pathways, production workshops bet on AI assistant

M. Jay

Intelligence

CloudNC raises $20 million to automate precise manufacturing pathways, production workshops bet on AI assistant

Listen to this article Read by Anchor British manufacturing software company CloudNC announced the closing of a new Series B financing round of $20 million, bringing the total amount raised since its founding to $128 million. The expansion round, led by Nimble Ventures with participation from Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur

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Promotion is tied to AI adoption as usage metrics push employees toward showy productivity

M. Jay

Intelligence

Promotion is tied to AI adoption as usage metrics push employees toward showy productivity

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Major global companies are accelerating the linking of employee evaluations and annual promotions to their use of AI tools, in a direct effort to push staff toward adopting generative models in daily tasks. Monitoring data from organizations such as Meta, Disney, J.P.

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