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IT & Telecommunications

KSA discusses boosting AI partnerships in Silicon Valley

Wed, 09 Sep 2026

The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha has held a series of meetings with leaders of global technology and investment firms during the first day of his visit to Silicon Valley in California.

IT & Telecommunications

UN rights chief warns unchecked AI could become ‘existential risk to humanity’

Tue, 08 Sep 2026

United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk has called for urgent international action to impose binding safeguards and “red lines” on artificial intelligence, warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could become an existential risk to humanity if they are allowed to develop without effective oversight.

Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

HBX Group partners with Vorsee to bring predictive AI to hotels

Tue, 08 Sep 2026

HBX Group, a B2B travel technology marketplace, has partnered with Swiss travel AI company Vorsee, part of ZYTLYN Technologies AG, to bring predictive travel intelligence and agentic AI capabilities to HBX Group’s hotel partners.

Media & Promotion Retail & Wholesale

Bahrain uses AI to issue licences for promotional campaigns

Mon, 07 Sep 2026

Bahrain's Ministry of Industry and Commerce has developed its marketing campaign licensing service for the commercial sector as part of the government's efforts to improve service quality and re-engineer services.

IT & Telecommunications

Nutanix expands hybrid multicloud in the Middle East

Fri, 04 Sep 2026

Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, has announced the availability of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Google Cloud in the Google Cloud Dammam region.

Energy, Oil & Gas

AI, data centres reshape energy demand, says Middle East Energy Director

Thu, 03 Sep 2026

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres is reshaping energy demand and increasing the focus on flexible generation, energy storage, critical power and smart energy management, according to Mark Ring, Group Director of Middle East Energy.

Cloud & Data Centres

Microsoft commits over $10bn to Middle East AI, cloud expansion

Thu, 24 Sep 2026

Microsoft will invest more than $10 billion in capital and operating expenditure in the Middle East through 2030, as the technology giant accelerates its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure expansion across Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Cybersecurity

AI agent gains unauthorised access to Australian govt portal

Thu, 24 Sep 2026

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government health statistics portal while conducting research on public medicine spending, prompting a forensic investigation into the incident and whether other government systems were affected.

Education, HR & Training IT & Telecommunications

SDAIA begins applying data and AI training framework

Wed, 23 Sep 2026

The Capacity Building sector at the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), in cooperation with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, has begun applying the Data and AI Training Programme Standards Framework.

AI & Automation

Ai Everything Abu Dhabi focuses on 'new intelligence order'

Wed, 23 Sep 2026

The sold-out inaugural edition of Ai Everything Abu Dhabi will bring together the most advanced frontier models, AI-native governance, and business use-cases from over 60 countries.