FatwaTok
Not the best timing for a new product launch. Here are the details on FatwaTok: I missed the FatwaTok launch from #Qatar (inbetween everything else)...
AI Islam Wireless
Update: now available on BBC Sounds Wireless: I'm on BBC Radio Wales this Sunday at 9:00, talking about AI and Islam, part of a programme (with other contributors) on...
AI Research
Perils and pitfalls of AI research: My irony meter went into overdrive listening to this …...
Gaza, Algorithms and AI
Essential points here: An important reflection on AI issues by Sayid Marcos Tenorio #Gaza @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social reposted by @jricole.bsky.social "The Lavender case [thus] exposes the consolidation of a digital necropolitics."...
Qwen-3.5 and languages
The language capacity issue is really important here in terms of extending global influence in AI contexts. I haven’t checked which languages are supported yet on this version: Qwen-3.5...
MENA’s AI Future(s)
Something to consider here in terms of prospects and capacities … From a few days ago … MENA's AI future...
Lost cost AI
Want to buy a cheap AI? A year on from DeepSeek shock, get set for flurry of low-cost Chinese AI models reut.rs/3O7JM9X...
RentAHuman
Considering Islamic implications of this … DigitalTrends, This bizarre job site lets AI agents hire humans and pay them for tasks, 5 Feb 2026 “The website, called RentAHuman, was...
Geoffrey Hinton
Elton Jones, Tom’s Guide, Why the ‘Godfather of AI’s’ warnings about AI are getting serious attention now, 5 Feb 2026 “Geoffrey Hinton’s work on artificial neural networks made him...