UAE AI
This is significant for AI specialists seeking a fast-track entry to UAE: UAE launches new AI specialists visa and expands humanitarian permit – The National apple.news/AIEU5X1jvSmi…...
AI and Digital Influence
The AI competition is hotting up. This is interesting, given yesterday’s post about Indonesia, and has particular relevance in investigations into digital Islam/influence in majority and minority contexts. Ivan...
AI Indonesia
A significant push by OpenAI here: Ivan Mehta, TechCrunch, After India, OpenAI launches its affordable ChatGPT Go plan in Indonesia, 22 Sep 2025 “The company...
UAE AI Officers on tour
A significant development in terms of future R&D, with potential implications across sectors (including digital Islam). Dana Alomar, The National, UAE chief AI officers get peek into future tech...
UAE AI
The National, Editorial, How the UAE is maintaining Arabic’s place in the information era, 16 Sep 2025 “Concerns about Arabic’s place in the digital era are held by many...
AI UAE
There is substantial positioning and investment in AI from UAE, so I am interested in determining its implications in relation to perspectives on AI and Islam (my current research...
AI and Islam
The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research 3 has articles relating to AI and Islam, which I have found really interesting: Key sections include: Eid Mohamed and Mai Zaki, Islamicate Knowledge in...
UAE AI K2
Will Knight, Wired, The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny but Powerful AI Model, 9 Sep 1015 “It is not a complete large language model but rather a model...
Arabic AI
Dana Alomar, The National, Why every Arab country is racing to build its own large language model, 2 Sep 2025 “Arabic is spoken by more than 450 million people, yet artificial...