Author: Ashik Ahmed

The ninth festival of honey in Hatta in Dubai has taken a new turn with the use of a robotic arm that tests honey products. Organized by Dubai Municipality, the event demonstrates that technology applied in innovative and creative manner is now and will in future change traditional practices in honey production. Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) has incorporated this tool in a bid to enhance efficiency of honey quality assurance tests. Mentioned in a video by the municipality, the arm provide prompt lab results in ensuring that honey products are of the best quality. Compared to the former testing methods…

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) together with Google, has confirmed the second edition of the ‘MENA Creatives Bootcamp – AI & Innovation Edition that is aimed at fostering creatives in the UAE and the MENA region. The programme will be based on developing creative projects supported by technological and artificial intelligence tools, increasing an online presence, and building an experiential learning environment. The Applications are accepted until January 10, 2025. Google Dubai will be the venue of the bootcamp all through with the last day for the Bootcamp at Al Quoz Creative Zone. This event provides Google’s AI…

The Executive Council Chairman Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has declared Dubai AI Week scheduled for April 21-25, 2025. The event will launch a week activities including the Conferences, Initiatives and Exhibition for AI experts, Leaders and Innovators from all around the world which reinforce the position of Dubai as an AI city. Event Highlights Dubai AI Week 2025 will showcase key events at iconic venues like the Museum of the Future and AREA 2071, including: AI Retreat: More than one thousand industry leaders, technologists and innovators from around the world will convene to discuss AI opportunities…

DMCC Crypto Centre Metaverse has been launched recently representing a major step forward to future development of one of the largest Web3 hubs in the world – Dubai. The platform was created under the cooperation with Infinite Reality and aims at improving the flow of interaction between a user and the platform while showcasing possible use cases of the most advanced blockchain and AI solutions. An innovative media of providing a consumer engagement. The DMCC Crypto Centre Metaverse is designed to have fun gaming areas and Direct Message access to the DMCC team, both enhancing engagement. Consumers can also access…

Nabat is a climate tech project launched by Abu Dhabi for mangrove and ecosystems restoration across the UAE and other areas. Nabat is an AI and robotics system created by the VentureOne programme of the ATRC in cooperation with ecologists at the Technology Innovation Institute. One of the main novelties of Nabat is the application of drones and artificial intelligence to monitor environmental information on the state of mangroves. This approach also makes the work more efficient and sustainable since several techniques are developed to meet the needs of different habitats. In contrast to other interventions that are centered on…

The new institute will be funded by the adjustments from the stock markets and other equities, sources close to Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in the world said that he aims at starting a science institute in Dubai that will cost $1 billion according to his father, Errol Musk. The pioneering project, The Musk Institute, which would consist of these two divisions: research-Gravity and Nuclear Fusion, would help create relevant chances while curbing the draining problem which the world is badly suffering from: brain drain. Errol Musk led a delegation to UAE lately to discuss with the country’s top government…

The safest bet right now is that Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, recently rolled out the most recent iteration of its Grok-2 chatbot that is now available for download and use to all users of the social media platform X for free. This particular shift is geared towards ensuring that more and more organizations avail themselves to xAI’s technological solutions. Writing on their blog on Saturday, xAI noted that “Premium and Premium+ users will be entitled to higher usage quotas and future features when they are released.” This shows, that Musk, in addition to improving the value proposition of X…

As you have seen, in Hollywood, artificial intelligence is recasting, enabling gorgeous cinematic stunts previously inconceivable. While previously AI seemed to be strictly ‘de-aging’ actors, it is currently creating quite an impression in this industry. One such example is Robert Zemeckis’s new movie Here starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in which computer-animated facial substitution in real time brings characters to life over long timespans. The idea at the center of this is Metaphysic, a company based in Hollywood that focuses on facial rendering through Artificial Intelligence. The company is spearheaded by Ed Ulbrich with technology stronger than the competitor’s…

Harvard University’s Digital Data Design Institute in collaboration with HBS Club, GCC organized its first International AI Conference at the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The educational event brought together more than 400 leaders, academics, and innovators from around the world to address the prospects of artificial intelligence (AI) for transforming industries, organizations, and societies while discussing the opportunities and issues arising from the application of AI solutions. During his keynote, Omar Sultan Al Olama the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence underlined the UAE’s three-levels approach to AI. There he also touched on how AI has made…

This year, Dubai continues to step up its ranks as a leading AI city, owing to mooted projects, key partnerships, and technological enhancements tempered by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. The Summary of Dubai’s Artificial Intelligence landscape Research conducted last year by the Dubai Center for Artificial Intelligence indicates that more than 800 artificial intelligence firms are located in Dubai; 66% of which are international headquarters. Several of the insights gained from the study include: 48% of these companies are involved in the development of AI software, 72% of the firms…