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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Dell Technologies and Aramco Digital sign MoU to advance Industrial AI and Digital Infrastructure across Saudi Arabia

Dell Technologies and Aramco Digital signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for accelerating the adoption of Industrial AI and enhancing cloud consulting services in Saudi Arabia. The partnership aims to improve operational efficiency and strengthen data protection through secure and scalable Industrial AI solutions, focusing on joint initiatives to expand access to Dell Technologies' solutions through authorized channel partners.

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Building advertising for the way people use AI

OpenAI has announced the launch of a new visual ad format in ChatGPT, allowing advertisers to present creative and engaging content. This new format comes with expanded measurement tools and new attribution partnerships, enhancing brands' ability to effectively target their audience. This development reflects OpenAI's commitment to providing innovative advertising solutions, which could lead to improved ad revenues and increased user engagement in the growing advertising market.

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

MEEZA to host Qai’s GPU infrastructure in Qatar

Qatar's national AI company Qai will host its advanced GPU infrastructure inside a Tier III certified data center managed by MEEZA. This agreement ensures that Qai's compute services and customer data remain in Qatar, adhering to national data protection regulations. MEEZA will provide high-density power and managed services covering operations, monitoring, and lifecycle management.

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Deutsche Telekom Aims to Save €2.5 Billion with AI by 2030

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Dalian University of Technology's VA-Bench: Top Multimodal Models Finish Only Half of Robot Tasks

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Dalian University of Technology's VA-Bench: Top Multimodal Models Finish Only Half of Robot Tasks

A research team from Dalian University of Technology has launched VA-Bench, a benchmark that assesses the ability of multimodal large language models to translate visual input into successful robotic arm actions. The best-performing model, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-max, achieved an average task completion rate of 53.93%, indicating that models capable of 'understanding' a scene still struggle with reliable execution.

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Huawei and Qualcomm Sign Comprehensive Patent Licensing Agreement

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Huawei and Qualcomm Sign Comprehensive Patent Licensing Agreement

Huawei Technologies has signed a patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm that encompasses artificial intelligence and 5G technologies. This agreement includes Qualcomm purchasing some of Huawei's U.S. patents, raising the total value of Huawei's licensing agreements to over $6.9 billion. This marks the first licensing agreement between the two companies that includes 5G technologies, reflecting years of Huawei's investment in research and development. Since 2021, Huawei has generated positive revenues from its intellectual property licensing activities, despite facing trade restrictions.

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MIS lands $500 million HUMAIN data centre work order

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

MIS lands $500 million HUMAIN data centre work order

Al Moammar Information Systems, based in Riyadh, has received its first work order from HUMAIN, the AI company owned by the Public Investment Fund, valued at $500 million. The order was received on October 1 and covers 50 megawatts of AI data center capacity, equating to 148% of MIS's projected revenue for 2025. This deal is part of a prior agreement signed in September, which aims to increase planned capacity to 250 megawatts. This significant commitment from HUMAIN underscores MIS's ability to deliver the overall capacity and highlights the role of domestic firms in large-scale infrastructure development.

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EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything

Yossi Matias, Vice President of Google Research, discussed how AI is reshaping biology, infrastructure, and manufacturing. At EmTech Future 2026, key questions were raised about AI's impact on various industries and the evolution of robotics. Hartmut Neven, founder of Google Quantum AI, explored how quantum technology advances alongside other fields and the significance of its interaction with surrounding systems. Evelyn Wang, VP for energy and climate at MIT, examined the interconnections between energy, computing, and infrastructure technologies.

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KAUST AI model aids Saudi mineral hunt

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

KAUST AI model aids Saudi mineral hunt

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) has developed a foundation model for synthetic geology aimed at reducing uncertainty in mineral exploration. Led by Professors George Turkiyyah and David E. Keyes, along with geophysical imaging experts from the University of British Columbia, the model attracted Saudi national mining company Maaden, which signed a 30-month R&D contract to test it against real geological data from Saudi Arabia.

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Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max and ZTE's Nebula Tie for Top Chinese Spot in SuperCLUE Embodied Brain Ranking

5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

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5 Oct 202624 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max and ZTE's Nebula Tie for Top Chinese Spot in SuperCLUE Embodied Brain Ranking

The Chinese AI evaluation group SuperCLUE has released the September 2026 edition of its EmbodiedCLUE-VLA leaderboard, assessing how well AI models function as the cognitive core of robots. Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max-0902 and ZTE's Nebula-EmbodiedBrain share the top spot with scores of 77.48. This benchmark evaluates four areas: basic perception, visual reasoning, interaction and planning, and embodied safety. Qwen3.8-Max-0902 excelled in basic perception and visual reasoning, while Nebula-EmbodiedBrain outperformed in embodied safety. Both models scored 39.29 in interaction and planning.