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…...
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 Influence
It’s interesting to determine the implications of this investment on influencers (however defined) in UAE and MENA. UAE influencer development...
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...
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...
Islamic Lifestyle Brands
There is, of course, a substantial online element to lifestyle brands and their marketing (we discuss it in the Digital British Islam project): “The global Islamic clothing market is...
UAE Screen Burn
Katy Gillett, The National, Rethinking screen time this summer: UAE experts urge parents to focus on connection over control, 8 Jun 2025 “In a new UAE-wide survey by Gen...
UAE AI Hub
Alexander Cornwell, Reuters, US-UAE multi-billion dollar AI data campus deal far from finalised, sources say, 6 Jun 2025. “A multi-billion dollar deal to build one of the world’s largest data...
‘Stargate UAE‘
Stephen Nellis, Reuters, ‘Stargate UAE’ AI datacenter to begin operation in 2026, 22 May 2025 “The first phase of that project will be the 1-gigawatt Stargate UAE project, built...