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Samsung Innovation Campus and Misk Academy partner to launch Artificial Intelligence program equipping Saudi youth with future skills
Samsung Innovation Campus, a global educational program that equips students with future-proof skill, has partnered with Misk Academy to launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses in Saudi Arabia to prepare the next generation with the critical knowledge, competencies and attitudes they need to boost their careers, support their employability and flourish in this new technology-driven future. […]
Huawei Brings Together its Smart Devices with the Seamless AI Life Strategy
Huawei last year announced its Seamless AI Life Strategy which aims to provide users with an all-scenario experience across multiple smart devices in today’s “all-connected” age. In line with its global vision, Huawei Consumer Business Group aims to deliver in the Middle East and Africa an intelligent experience to consumers across all scenarios, including smart […]
SAS and Microsoft partner to further shape the future of analytics and AI
Microsoft Corp. and SAS today announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to easily run their SAS® workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives. As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS’ analytical products and industry […]
Madinah Development Authority and Huawei join forces to combat spread of COVID-19 with technology
Huawei contribution part of ongoing CSR efforts in the Kingdom Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – June 10, 2020: With the government of Saudi Arabia encouraging public and private sector collaboration in the use of advanced technologies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Madinah Development Authority and Huawei. […]
Huawei Focuses on Building Seamless AI Life as Ubiquitous Connectivity Opens New Market Opportunities
At the 2020 Huawei Analyst Summit held in Shenzhen, Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) met with analysts to discuss the latest industry trends, innovative technologies, and ecosystem development. The theme of this year’s summit was “Seamless AI Life”, and the discussion focused on the direction of future business development. “The Internet of Everything era has […]
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NetApp Powers the Data Fabric Bringing Digital Humans to Life
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leader in cloud data services, has been selected by 3Lateral, a global leader in the “digital humans” industry, to help deliver a data-driven approach for the creation of incredibly realistic human characters for video games, movies, and wider industrial and AI applications. 3Lateral, part of Epic Games, has pioneered the concept […]
Paladion Recognized as Winner of Microsoft’s 2020 Most Innovative AI Solution
Paladion, a global leader in AI-Driven Managed Detection and Response, is pleased to announce it has won the 2020 Most Innovative AI Solution award presented by Microsoft. Microsoft AI Awards 2.0 is an initiative of Microsoft to encourage innovation in Artificial Intelligence, identify fresh talent, as well as find new solutions for positive change across sectors. […]
Ericsson launches AI-powered Energy Infrastructure Operations
Decreases OPEX and CO2 emissions for communications service providers using AI and data analytics to optimize energy efficiency and maximize site availability Reduced energy consumption, site visits and outages enable service providers to meet current and future traffic demands while addressing the energy and climate challenge New solution integrated into the Ericsson Operations Engine – […]
World’s first ever AI Art hackathon opens in Riyadh
The world’s first AI Art hackathon – the AI Artathon – has opened today in Riyadh, with 300 experts in data science and AI, graphic designers and artists competing to create visual arts using artificial intelligence. The AI Artathon will take place over three days, with competitors taking part in workshops and training sessions to […]
His Highness the Minister of Culture: AI Artathon confirms the leadership’s interest in all cultural sectors
Under the patronage of His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture, the closing ceremony of the AI Artathon took place this evening at the King Abdullah Financial Center in Riyadh, during which the winners of the first round of the competition were announced. The winning teams will have their […]
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Huawei launches next-generation AI powered solutions at GITEX Technology Week 2019
At GITEX Technology Week 2019, Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT), announced the launch of three new products within its enterprise portfolio: next-generation, all-flash storage product OceanStor Dorado; AI-native database GaussDB, and the highest-performance distributed storage yet, FusionStorage 8.0. OceanStor Dorado Intelligent All-Flash Storage: Ever Fast, Ever Solid, and AI-Powered The […]
Automation Anywhere Launches AI-Powered RPA-as-a-Service Platform to Accelerate Global RPA Adoption
Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), announced today that it has launched the world’s first purely web-based, cloud-native Digital Workforce platform, Automation Anywhere Enterprise A2019. Enterprise A2019 is now available both on-premise and in any public, private or hybrid cloud, delivering RPA-as-a-Service seamlessly to any user and any business through any […]
Huawei advances AI and gears up for 5G expansion at GITEX Technology Week 2019
At this year’s GITEX Technology Week, Huawei – a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) – will preview how the deeper integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as 5G ecosystem development is helping businesses to stay connected in a digitally-driven world. Huawei’s exhibition will be held under the theme ‘Building a […]
Huawei launches Ascend 910, the world’s most powerful AI processor, and MindSpore, an all-scenario AI computing framework Eric Xu: We promised a full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio. And today we delivered.
Huawei officially launched the world’s most powerful AI processor – the Ascend 910 – as well as an all-scenario AI computing framework, MindSpore. “We have been making steady progress since we announced our AI strategy in October last year,” said Eric Xu, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman. “Everything is moving forward according to plan, from R&D […]
Huawei Developer Congress — Build Ecosystems and Attract Partners
At Huawei’s Songshan Lake Base in Dongguan, the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) officially kicked off. During the three-day event, 600 technical experts from Huawei, will meet with nearly 6000 worldwide developers and partners to discuss the latest key distributed technologies and global ecosystem development under the theme of “Rethink Possibilities”. The aim of this event […]
UAE Leads Regional AI Market to USD 530 Million by 2022
The UAE’s recently-launched Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031 is pioneering the Middle East and Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) market topping USD 530 billion by 2022, industry experts announced today. The UAE aims to use AI to enhance government performance and efficiency, especially in Education with personalized learning, Transportation with reduced crashes, Energy with enhanced facilities management, […]
Gartner Survey Reveals Leading Organizations Expect to Double the Number of AI Projects In Place Within the Next Year
Organizations that are working with artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) have, on average, four AI/ML projects in place, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Of all respondents, 59% said that they have AI deployed today. The Gartner “AI and ML Development Strategies” study was conducted via an online survey in […]
Blockchain for nonprofit organizations: Ecsite holds e-voting using Polys platform
Ecsite, the European network of science centers and museums, chose Polys, a blockchain-based voting system powered by Kaspersky, to make a collective choice at its recent annual meeting. Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are increasingly interested in such voting methods, and Ecsite is among the first to shift towards this kind of digital decision making. Voting is […]
BAHRAIN AND UK FIRST IN THE WORLD TO PILOT NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES ACROSS GOVERNMENT
Bahrain has announced it will pilot new guidelines for the procurement of Artificial Intelligence in the public sector, produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The announcement was made by WEF and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) – the public agency tasked with attracting investment to the Kingdom […]
2019 LG AI THINQ TVS NOW SUPPORT AMAZON ALEXA
Popular AI Voice Service Brings Greater Choice,Convenience and Control to LG TV Owners LG Electronics (LG) with begin rolling out Amazon Alexa support in 14 countries1 to the company’s 2019 TV models featuring artificial intelligence. The update will be implemented through the Alexa app installed on LG UHD TVs, NanoCell TVs and OLED TVs with […]
AI an important topic for 89% of Saudi Arabian executives, reveals new research
Saudi Arabian businesses have developed a strong appetite for AI and, though they are not easily swayed by hype, new research shows they are actively implementing data improvement initiatives to prepare for an AI-enabled future. In fact, 89% of companies indicate that AI is an important topic amongst their executive management. This is according to […]
THE WORLD’S FIRST ARABIC SUPPORTED AI TVS BY LG ELECTRONICS
The 2019 TVs come with LG’s unique ThinQ AI platform which deploys a deep learning algorithm to allow a higher level of AI picture and sound quality. With the new algorithm, LG’s TVs analyze source content and recognize ambient conditions to deliver optimized content. The conversational voice recognition feature, which now comes in Arabic, makes […]