Author: Ashik Ahmed

In the latest list published in this year’s TIMES 100 AI, TIME magazine presents major movers of the AI systems. This year’s list captures the growth of AI at a very dynamic pace; currently, 91 new companies entered the list, varying by industries and regions. Starting from Francesca Mani who at the age of 15 became the deepfake protection advocate and ending with one of China’s most famous computer scientists – Andrew Yao – the list catalyzes a vast spectrum of inventors. The process was done by the editors and correspondent of TIME with interviews and consultation with members included…

The competition in the artificial intelligence field is getting stiffer as two tech giants, OpenAI and Meta reveal increased performances in their AI tools. Active monthly users of the OpenAI’s chatbot it developed and deploying under the name ChatGPT have also risen to 200 million, up from November figures. In an earlier interview with the company’s CEO, Sam Altman noted that 92 percent of Fortune 500 firms are now clients of the company. Similarly, this brings a sharp increase in adoption to help offset blasted concerns by pundits concerning slow revenue business from the AI technologies as they are highly…

Given that AI technology is creeping into our everyday digital lives, Meta’s unveiling of Meta AI on Instagram and other interfaces raises extensive privacy issues. Meta AI which was released in April this year is comprised of intelligent search, image generation and complex task management. However, this has raised concern over users’ personal data being used to develop Artificial Intelligence models. Since July 2024, Meta AI has been launched across 22 countries on Instagram, facebook, WhatsApp and messenger. Some features, such as AI studio and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses integration, are still in the experimental stage, nonetheless, Meta’s intentions to…

More than investors, myco, the Web3 streaming platform headquartered in the UAE, has managed to attract $10 million in its Series A round from as many MENA, North American, and European venture capitalists. The funding round has been trailed by participants on Tuesday, including Daman Investments, Aptos Labs, B Digital, Mocha Ventures, Art3 Foundation, Ghaf Capital Partners, Mix Media Network, Factor6 Capital Partners and Enjinstarter. Moreover, 88 accredited investors invested through Republic. com, which proves that this platform is gaining popularity progressively. The funding round valued myco at $80 million post money, quite a feat for the company and more…

Therefore, it would be worthwhile to try to disentangle all pros and cons of AI when it comes to Hollywood. With the advancement in technologies, AI has slowly and gradually started to invade the entertainment industry especially in the areas such as writing scripts and dialogues, some part of production and even in post-production editing along with voice translation. Nonetheless, the inclusion of AI in Hollywood is a promising and worrying affair at the same time. On the one hand, AI is incredibly efficient on the other hand it is Incredibly Efficient. Indeed, as Sandy Climan stressed, AI technology can…

Dubai Police will soon be hosting the fourth INTERPOL Young Global Police Leaders Programme to be held from August 26 to 29, 2024, with the theme ‘Policing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence’. The programme will bring together young police leaders from 35 countries and other INTERPOL speakers and trainers to deliberate on how artificial intelligence is revolutionising industries and, in the process, how these changes reflect on security and policing. The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police His Excellency Lieutenant General Abdulla Khalifa Al Marri affirmed that the police force is looking to adopt the strategies that are relevant for the…

Dubai’s futuristic orientation could not be more in line with Musk’s plans since the tech mogul suggested recently that SpaceX might one day establish a spaceport in Dubai. As always, with technology being his domain, Musk has raised hopes by implying that Dubai could become the next space frontier city. The excitement began on X (ex Twitter) when Musk engaged Emirati entrepreneur Hassan Sajwani in a conversation which hinted on potential SpaceX spaceport in Dubai. The exchange has raised eyebrows, seeing that this is not the first time Niall and Li have had an interaction. Only last week, Musk referred…

An astronomer based in Abu Dhabi has discovered a giant asteroid that is thought to be between 5 to 10km in size – that is six times the height of the mighty Burj Khalifa! Largest I’ve ever seen, the asteroid for now known as ‘2022 UY56’ is not a threat to our planet. Mr Mohammad Shawkat Odeh who is the director of the International Astronomical Centre in Abu Dhabi, identified the comet when using the Pan-STARRS 2 telescope at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. The discovering certificate for the asteroid has been put into detail but it lacks acknowledgement and a permanent…

The following recent court decision in the UAE could be considered as an effort to write off cryptocurrency into employment contracts. However, although this decision allows such things as EcoWatt tokens to be awarded as part of an employee’s compensation package, responding to the prohibition for companies to pay their staff in full using cryptocurrencies, it remains unlawful. In another ruling, which required an employer to honour an employment promise of making payment in digital tokens to an employee, the UAE courts sign the ambivalent attitude of the UAE to cryptocurrencies when it comes to its operational legal financial systems.…

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a partner of Dubai Police again with the help of the newly established Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The cooperation is based on partnership in educational exchanges, training, and research and development (R&D) programs as well as in the areas of forensics and genomics. The MoU was witnessed and signed by His Excellency Major General Ahmad Thani Bin Ghalita Director of General Department of Forensic sciences and Criminology Dubai police and Phil Watkins, Vice president –Finance of Oxford Nanopore technologies plc. This partnership will go a long way help in achieve Dubai Police’s vision of incorporating advanced…