Artificial intelligence could help cut emissions across sectors including energy, agriculture and buildings, but its climate benefits risk being outweighed by rising data centre emissions and water consumption, according to GlobalData.
Almosafer CEO Muzzammil Ahussain said on World Tourism Day that Saudi Arabia is putting artificial intelligence and digital technologies at the centre of its tourism transformation, backed by its AI Tourism Vision and TourismX platform.
As World Tourism Day is marked today, Belvera Partners has brought travel technology leaders together to examine how AI is accelerating changes across tourism. The speakers highlighted its growing impact on destination discovery, direct bookings, customer experiences and the wider travel value chain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Former Chief Business Officer of Google X, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and internationally recognised AI expert Mo Gawdat will share his perspective on the future of artificial intelligence, human judgment, and responsible decision-making at the Fintech Forward 2026 in Bahrain.
Surging electricity demand from AI, data centres, and industrial electrification is colliding with geopolitical instability, infrastructure constraints, and persistent energy gaps, according to the World Energy Council’s 2026 World Energy Trilemma report.
WTM London is expanding its use of AI and event technology this year to enhance visitor and exhibitor experiences, support business opportunities and streamline the show’s operations.
