The United Arab Emirates announced a plan to have half of its government services run on agentic AI within two years, a move experts call reckless. Citing a Dutch scandal where an AI system wrongly ac…
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on stable oil and naphtha supplies, strategic oil reserves, and AI adoption in petrochemicals. Industry Minister …
Telnyx has launched data residency and AI inference capabilities in the United Arab Emirates, allowing customers to store data and run AI workloads on GPUs in Dubai. The new region, me-central-1, offe…
Stanford University's 2026 AI Index reveals the United Arab Emirates and Singapore lead in generative AI adoption at 54% and 61% respectively, while the United States ranks 24th at 28.3% despite leadi…
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced a near ban on generative AI for elementary students, citing risks to cognitive development, while Poland and the UAE are expanding AI in schools. The…
The United Arab Emirates Cabinet approved a resolution on June 18, 2026, setting a minimum social media age of 15, banning children under 15 from creating or operating personal accounts. Platforms hav…
A PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Acceptance Solutions report based on a March 2026 survey of 1,185 retail merchants in the United States, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates found that merchants view AI…
The Iran War, which began on February 28, 2026, has become the first major conflict driven by artificial intelligence, with U.S. and Israeli forces using AI to strike over 4,000 targets in four days, …
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE during military operations against Israel in March, disrupting undersea cable projects like Meta's 2Africa consortium in the Persian Gulf. The a…
India and the UAE partnered to deploy an AI supercomputer in India using Cerebras chips, bypassing Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The deal, signed by G42 and India's Centre for Development of Advanced…
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates discussed expanding cooperation in artificial intelligence and digital education during a meeting in Seoul on Monday. Education Vice Minister Choi Eun-ok met w…
The Trump administration ordered AI company Anthropic to suspend foreign nationals from using its most advanced AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic com…
SpaceX's IPO prospectus reveals that Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and UAE-based MGX, hold significant stakes in Elon Musk's rocket company and…
Federal authorities arrested Jamshid Ghomi, a 63-year-old Newport Coast businessman with dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship, on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling over 250 metric tons of computer networ…
The Eurasian Economic Commission launched free trade negotiations with Tunisia and updated a trade agreement with Serbia following a summit in Astana. Commission Chairman Bakytzhan Sagintayev reported…
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that a draft framework for an agreement to end the war with Iran has been "largely negotiated," including the reopening of the Strait o…
President Donald Trump announced that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is near, involving the U.S., Iran, and several other nations, with provisions including a 60-day ceasefire and Iran graduall…
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that a deal with Iran, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, has been "largely negotiated" following calls with allies such as Israel, Saudi Ara…
According to President Donald Trump, an agreement to end the conflict between the U.S. and Iran has been "largely negotiated," subject to finalization. The potential deal follows a fragile two-month c…
According to public statements from officials on Saturday, the U.S. and Iran appear to be nearing a potential deal to end their ongoing conflict, following a fragile two-month ceasefire and weeks of n…