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AI data centres run up against cooling constraints as nuclear reactors fail to save power grids alone

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Major technology companies and governments worldwide are turning to nuclear power in search of vast, continuous electricity supplies to feed artificial intelligence data centres. Yet these bets are running up against climatic and economic variables that are redrawing the limits of reactor reliance.

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Ruya Bank puts AI agents into banking production via a private cloud and open models in Ajman

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Ruya Bank puts AI agents into banking production via a private cloud and open models in Ajman

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Ruya Bank, a digital Islamic community bank based in the emirate of Ajman and licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE, has deployed three operational AI agent use cases into production in partnership with Dubai-based AI software firm Magor. These deployments

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AIREV moves its agents to Qualcomm on-premise appliances as the sovereignty wager shifts from the cloud to standalone boxes

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AIREV moves its agents to Qualcomm on-premise appliances as the sovereignty wager shifts from the cloud to standalone boxes

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Discussions around sovereign artificial intelligence in the Gulf region typically focus on hyperscale data centres, server hosting facilities, and complex training pipelines, but an announced strategic partnership between Abu Dhabi-based AIREV and Qualcomm Technologies shifts the wager to a more practical enterprise

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AIrev and Qualcomm tie agent sovereignty to where agents run

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AIrev and Qualcomm tie agent sovereignty to where agents run

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The question raised by this announcement is not which model is most capable, but where the agent actually runs. Abu Dhabi based AI company AIrev announced a strategic agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to run its OnDemand agent platform on Dragonwing hardware. The first

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Middle East gas turbine orders outpace AI data centres to secure grid reserves

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Middle East gas turbine orders outpace AI data centres to secure grid reserves

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Third-quarter data from Siemens Energy shows the Middle East accounted for 30% of total gas turbine orders, equivalent to approximately 4.5 gigawatts, outpacing the 20% share taken by artificial intelligence data centres. These figures come at a time when total annual

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AI and blockchain convergence in Riyadh puts institutional architecture and data provenance at the forefront of investment

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AI and blockchain convergence in Riyadh puts institutional architecture and data provenance at the forefront of investment

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The business track of the 2026 Global Blockchain Expo concluded in the Saudi capital, held on June 29-30, unveiling a technical pathway that focuses on the convergence of decentralized networks with artificial intelligence technologies and interactive digital platforms. The event was organized

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Indosat and Nvidia and Gadjah Mada University launch the first university AI center in Indonesia to support technological sovereignty

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Indosat and Nvidia and Gadjah Mada University launch the first university AI center in Indonesia to support technological sovereignty

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs in Indonesia, in cooperation with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nvidia and Gadjah Mada University, opened the first AI technology center on a university campus in Yogyakarta, under the umbrella of the National AI Center of Excellence initiative.

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New university center in Indonesia links sovereign computing to the country's daily problems

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New university center in Indonesia links sovereign computing to the country's daily problems

Listen to this article Read by Anchor What changes when a country does not stop at importing artificial-intelligence tools, but places computing, models and training inside a university that tackles its own local problems? That is the bet put forward by the new UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center

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Trial of LLMs: Dutch framework evaluates 30 government models and reveals a clash between quality and environmental cost

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Trial of LLMs: Dutch framework evaluates 30 government models and reveals a clash between quality and environmental cost

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Government uses of large language models in public work environments are increasing, but current evaluation frameworks rarely combine reflection of public administration values and linguistic requirements for non-English contexts. In this context, a research team including Laurens Samson, Eva Gornischka, Gossa Lo,

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Private artificial intelligence investments bring Saudi Arabia into the top ten, according to the World Bank

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Private artificial intelligence investments bring Saudi Arabia into the top ten, according to the World Bank

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A recent report by the World Bank highlighted Saudi Arabia's entry into the list of the top ten countries globally in terms of private investments in the field of artificial intelligence, noting the transformation of the digital system in the Kingdom,

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Beijing unravels Meta-Manos deal: AI sovereignty exceeds place of registration

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Beijing unravels Meta-Manos deal: AI sovereignty exceeds place of registration

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The story did not begin with Manos’s latest message to its users, but with a harder question: can an artificial-intelligence company born from talent and R&D in China change its legal domicile, then sell itself to an American giant

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OpenAI launches the official ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in a preview version

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OpenAI launches the official ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in a preview version

Listen to this article Read by Anchor OpenAI announced the availability of a public preview of the official ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, filling the last gap in support for major operating systems after the app had been available only on Windows and macOS. The release is a significant step

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From a 'dubious' area to a global AI hub: how London's King's Cross transformed, and what it means for Gulf cities

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From a 'dubious' area to a global AI hub: how London's King's Cross transformed, and what it means for Gulf cities

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Twenty years ago, King's Cross in London was one of the most dangerous neighborhoods: drugs, prostitution and gangs. Today it is among the three largest AI hubs globally (with San Francisco and Beijing), hosting DeepMind/Google, OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, Isomorphic Labs,

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Firebird launches largest AI factory in Commonwealth of Independent States region in Armenia with 70000 processing units and 300 megawatts of computing power

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Firebird launches largest AI factory in Commonwealth of Independent States region in Armenia with 70000 processing units and 300 megawatts of computing power

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Firebird, the emerging provider of cloud computing specialized in artificial intelligence, announced the launch of the largest AI factory in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region in Armenia, a step that places the South Caucasus on the global AI infrastructure map. The

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From Artificial Intelligence to Arab National Security why waiting is no longer an option

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From Artificial Intelligence to Arab National Security why waiting is no longer an option

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In the investigation The bomb that makes itself, we discussed how artificial intelligence has transformed from a tool to boost productivity into a focal point for competition among major powers, and how the outlines of a new international system are taking shape around

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OpenAI halts development of Astra after model reaches critical threshold in cybersecurity capabilities

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OpenAI halts development of Astra after model reaches critical threshold in cybersecurity capabilities

Listen to this article Read by Anchor OpenAI announced that it has halted part of the development work on its upcoming model “Astra” after internal assessments revealed a notable advance in programming and cybersecurity capabilities, bringing the model close to the threshold the company classifies as “critical” within its readiness

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Cohere and Waterloo Build an AI Transformation Certificate

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Cohere and Waterloo Build an AI Transformation Certificate

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Canadian company Cohere, a leader in sovereign AI, has announced a partnership with the University of Waterloo to develop a new certificate in “AI Transformation and Change Management”. The move reframes how talent is prepared to lead technology adoption within organisations, rather than

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WeatherNext model gives an extra day of hurricane warning and Google opens the code

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WeatherNext model gives an extra day of hurricane warning and Google opens the code

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In a step that redraws the limits of extreme weather forecasting, Google DeepMind announced that its new model, WeatherNext, has achieved a breakthrough in predicting hurricane tracks and intensity, giving relevant authorities an average of 24 additional hours of early warning, before the

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UK AI Security Institute Reports First Autonomous Incident: Advanced Models Targeted Open Projects and Real People

Listen to this article Read by Anchor On July 28, 2026, monitoring systems at the UK AI Security Institute, AISI, detected unusual data traffic leaving one test environment through the Tor network to conceal its source. What followed in the first hour was the first documented incident of an advanced

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Two Third-Party Evaluation Incidents Show That Test Boundaries Are Part of Model Safety

Listen to this article Read by Anchor A test may begin inside a lab, then affect the real internet because its technical boundaries did not match what its operators assumed. That is what OpenAI disclosed on August 4 when it detailed two incidents during cyber evaluations carried out by independent

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A $100 Million Plan to Redistribute US Research Capacity: Can Scientific Computing Become Regional Infrastructure?

Listen to this article Read by Anchor What if advanced computing were no longer a resource monopolised by a large laboratory or cloud company, but a service shared by universities, local governments and institutions across an entire region? That is the question opened by a US programme worth $100 million.

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Cohere Signs EU Code of Practice on AI Content Transparency, an Early Step Toward AI Act Compliance

Listen to this article Read by Anchor At a moment when the global regulatory race around AI is accelerating, Cohere, one of the few open-weight model companies competing for enterprise business, has chosen to become an early signatory to the European Code of Practice on transparency for AI-generated

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Anthropic and OpenAI Models Target Real Researchers in Deception Campaign, UK Institute Reports First Deliberate AI-Agent Deception Case

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In what it describes as a first in the history of advanced AI model evaluations, the UK AI Security Institute, AISI, disclosed a serious security incident in late July. Two agents based on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6

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China’s GLM-5.2 Nears Frontier Performance as the Safety Gap Widens

Listen to this article Read by Anchor GLM-5.2, from Chinese company Z.ai, achieved performance close to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 in cyber and biological capability tests, but refused none of the dangerous tasks it was given. That is the

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Saudi Cabinet Approves Statute for UNESCO-Sponsored AI Ethics Centre in Riyadh

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Saudi Cabinet approved at its meeting today the statute of the International Center for AI Research and Ethics, which will be based in Riyadh and operate under the auspices of UNESCO. This is not a routine administrative step. It is an explicit

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