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Humaine bets on open weights and spoken dialects by launching the M-3 model and a voice platform for four Arab dialects M. Jay M. Jay
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Humaine bets on open weights and spoken dialects by launching the M-3 model and a voice platform for four Arab dialects

Listen to this article Read by Anchor On the opening day of the LiB conference in Riyadh, Humaine chose to move the discussion of Arab artificial intelligence from the realm of closed-trial demos to a direct-distribution track, announcing two simultaneous launches: the M-3 language model, released with open weights after
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Starman Optical acquires GoPro for $285 million: camera hardware shifts toward AI infrastructure and defensive technologies M. Jay M. Jay
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Starman Optical acquires GoPro for $285 million: camera hardware shifts toward AI infrastructure and defensive technologies

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Starman Optical announced a merger and acquisition agreement with the well-known action-camera company GoPro in a deal valued at $285 million, a step that reshapes the consumer-camera maker’s identity toward defensive technologies and optical and AI infrastructure while remaining a listed entity.
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Emirati Arada launches a $7 billion joint project with the Syrian sovereign fund to build “New Damascus” M. Jay M. Jay
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Emirati Arada launches a $7 billion joint project with the Syrian sovereign fund to build “New Damascus”

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Emirati real-estate developer Arada entered the Syrian market by establishing an investment partnership with the state-owned Syrian sovereign fund to develop a mixed-use urban project in the “New Damascus” area, with a total development value reaching $7 billion (about AED 25.7
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SUN Programs and Kuafu system unify symbolic control and machine learning to train robots without human demonstrations M. Jay M. Jay
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SUN Programs and Kuafu system unify symbolic control and machine learning to train robots without human demonstrations

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Training robots to perform complex, long-horizon tasks has remained constrained by a technical gap between two tracks: control systems built on physical models that execute precisely defined geometric objectives, and machine-learning-based policies that turn those behaviors into fast reactive responses. This gap has
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Instagram limits reach of undisclosed synthetic characters: distribution algorithms target fake influencers M. Jay M. Jay
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Instagram limits reach of undisclosed synthetic characters: distribution algorithms target fake influencers

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Instagram decided to take direct punitive action against accounts that use AI-designed characters without clear disclosure, announcing it will begin to reduce reach and distribution rates for accounts that display digitally generated characters that appear to be real humans unless they comply with
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Construction begins on Oxagon data centre as HeuMain and DataVolt put 100 megawatts of Neom computing on track for 2028 M. Jay M. Jay
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Construction begins on Oxagon data centre as HeuMain and DataVolt put 100 megawatts of Neom computing on track for 2028

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Construction has begun on the first phase of the artificial-intelligence and cloud-computing data centre within the Oxagon industrial zone of the Neom project, through a strategic partnership that brings together HeuMain (the AI-focused arm owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund) and
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Humain launches project bundle at LEAP 2026, offering enterprise computing with AMD, autonomous trucks and an Amazon cloud zone M. Jay M. Jay
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Humain launches project bundle at LEAP 2026, offering enterprise computing with AMD, autonomous trucks and an Amazon cloud zone

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The fifth edition of the LEAP 2026 conference opened in Riyadh with extensive announcements for the Saudi AI ecosystem “Humain”, including major partnerships in infrastructure, developer-targeted products, and autonomous-vehicle projects. CEO Tarek Amin delivered a presentation outlining plans to build AI layers locally,
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Investments exceeding $15 billion at LEAP 2026: building the full AI value chain from energy to models M. Jay M. Jay
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Investments exceeding $15 billion at LEAP 2026: building the full AI value chain from energy to models

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The fifth edition of the “LEAP 2026” technology conference launched in Riyadh under the theme “Towards New Worlds”, announcing a package of launches, investments and major technology partnerships whose total value exceeds $15 billion in artificial intelligence and advanced technologies. These figures reflect
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From the Lab to Experience Owners, MIT Research Reengineers Mental-Health and AI Tools Through Participatory Community Design M. Jay M. Jay
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From the Lab to Experience Owners, MIT Research Reengineers Mental-Health and AI Tools Through Participatory Community Design

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Researcher Ella Kumar, in the final year of her PhD with the Live Long Kindergarten group at the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), starts from a methodological principle that departs from the conventional software development model: impactful innovation does
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Processor World launches $100,000 competition to explore a computing abundance scenario, what if model intelligence freezes and chips multiply to serve everyone M. Jay M. Jay
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Processor World launches $100,000 competition to explore a computing abundance scenario, what if model intelligence freezes and chips multiply to serve everyone

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The “Processor World” platform launched a competition for writing articles and stories with total prizes up to $100,000, posing a unconventional question about the future of AI by exploring what the world would become if the technical development of leading generative models
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Emirates NBD links AI pathway to Dubai Future District Fund portfolio, testing investment supply against banking governance standards M. Jay M. Jay
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Emirates NBD links AI pathway to Dubai Future District Fund portfolio, testing investment supply against banking governance standards

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Emirates NBD signed an agreement with the Dubai Future District Fund to explore, test and adopt fintech solutions and AI systems through the fund’s investment portfolio. This approach marks a shift in the technology management style of Dubai’s largest banks, as
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Financial Stability Board warns G20 that intertwining AI financing with cloud giants threatens a cross-border market shake M. Jay M. Jay
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Financial Stability Board warns G20 that intertwining AI financing with cloud giants threatens a cross-border market shake

Listen to this article Read by Anchor International Financial Stability Board chairman and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey issued a direct warning to G20 finance ministers that the AI sector now carries, in its financial and operational structure, seeds of a global economic slowdown and severe cyber-security risks that
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“Build American AI”: Investment coalition pours millions of dollars into political ads to market data centers M. Jay M. Jay
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“Build American AI”: Investment coalition pours millions of dollars into political ads to market data centers

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The battle to expand high-performance computing infrastructure is moving toward American ballot boxes, as a new political group launches a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to persuade voters to accept the construction of data centers in their residential areas. Behind this initiative, called “Build American
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UAE restructures artificial intelligence by merging regulatory authorities into a unified body and a $49 billion sovereign fund that links models to infrastructure M. Jay M. Jay
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UAE restructures artificial intelligence by merging regulatory authorities into a unified body and a $49 billion sovereign fund that links models to infrastructure

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The United Arab Emirates reorganized its artificial intelligence and data ecosystem within a central government and investment structure during the first half of 2026, after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved on June 14 the creation of the Federal Authority for Artificial
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Horizon Ultra computer from Human and Qualcomm moves smart agent processing from the cloud to device hardware M. Jay M. Jay
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Horizon Ultra computer from Human and Qualcomm moves smart agent processing from the cloud to device hardware

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi company “Human”, owned by the Public Investment Fund, in partnership with the American chip-design firm “Qualcomm”, unveiled a new personal computer called “Horizon Ultra” that runs autonomous AI agents directly on the device. Announced at the LEAP tech conference in Riyadh,
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Moving security to the core of data as AI workloads in hybrid cloud force a redesign of protection and readiness M. Jay M. Jay
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Moving security to the core of data as AI workloads in hybrid cloud force a redesign of protection and readiness

Listen to this article Read by Anchor As AI projects accelerate their shift from narrow pilot models to large-scale enterprise deployment, the challenge of data management and security emerges as one of the most complex technical obstacles. NetApp is participating in the LEAP 2026 conference held at the Riyadh Exhibition
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Manai Information Technology brings artificial intelligence to connected stadiums and smart cities at LEAP 2026 M. Jay M. Jay
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Manai Information Technology brings artificial intelligence to connected stadiums and smart cities at LEAP 2026

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Attention is turning at the Riyadh Exhibition and Conference Center in Mulhim toward the intersection of artificial intelligence with field infrastructure, with the announcement by Manai Information Technology in Saudi Arabia, part of the Manai Group, of its participation in the LEAP 2026
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