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When AI writes the law – and gets it wrong
A legal error with lessons for every organisation
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Smart mobility set to redefine transport in the GCC
As global governments and technology experts prepare to converge on Riyadh for LEAP 2022, the city has become known as one of the few in the Middle East that is transforming its technology landscape and adopting smart mobility solutions, which will have massive impact on the economy, environment and ultimately
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Start-ups thrive as Saudi Arabia embraces entrepreneurship
The career progression for many young people in Saudi Arabia followed a fairly predictable path – graduate from college, land a lifetime gig at a large organization or the public sector, the end. That was then, this is now. A new generation of young Saudis is daring to break the mold
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Quantum leap
While we regularly hear about artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain, quantum technology has received less public fanfare lately, despite the tech’s potential to revolutionize computing as we know it. The idea behind modern quantum technology has its roots in the work of renowned physicists
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Robotics and the creation of a faster, more efficient world
Drop the word ‘robotics’ into a conversation and the chances are you’ll trigger a discussion about humanoid robots or movies such as Blade Runner. Yet robotics technology is revolutionizing everything from security to space exploration. In a world where natural-language processing has enabled computers to understand human speech and
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Robust digital footing drives Saudi Arabia COVID recovery
Kingdom was in the middle of the third and final phase of its bold three-phase digital transformation strategy when COVID-19 struck. E-governance dominated the first two phases of the programme. In contrast, the current chapter, due to conclude in 2022, focuses on digital transformation in healthcare, education, e-commerce, and smart
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Materials Science coming of age
For decades, materials scientists have taken inspiration from the natural world. They identify a biological material that has some desirable trait, such as the toughness of bones or conch shells, and reverse-engineer it. Then, once they have determined the material’s ‘microstructure,’ they try to approximate it in human-made materials.
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Ending Bias: The Case for Ethical AI
We are heading into a world where artificial intelligence will increasingly determine issues with our employment, healthcare, financial services, and criminal justice. According to the Ericsson AI Industry Lab report, an average of 49 per cent of AI and analytics decision-makers said they planned to complete their transformation journey to
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The encryption time bomb brought on by quantum computers
The internet has been a game-changer to our societies and how we do business for decades. We rely on the web so much that it became second nature for many of us to use it and expect it to work all the time, but it might be in danger now,