Dubai technology summit asks whether Gulf enterprises are ready for AI at scale
The Economic Times Annual Tech Summit – Middle East is focusing on data, governance, cybersecurity and the organisational work required to move beyond AI pilots.
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UAE leads global generative AI adoption ranking as use spreads across public life
New Microsoft data places the UAE well above the global average for generative AI use, with adoption extending across government, education and workplaces.
Microsoft commits more than $10 billion to Gulf AI and digital infrastructure framework
The framework initially covers the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, with investments in cloud, AI infrastructure, connectivity, cybersecurity and AI for Good.
First Abu Dhabi Bank and Presight pioneer sovereign multi-agent systems for GCC banking
The UAE's largest financial institution partners with G42's Presight and Microsoft to transition from conversational copilots into autonomous transactional workflows.
Qatar MCIT and Scale AI deploy automated data annotation engine for public sector models
The strategic initiative builds high-fidelity Arabic training corpuses for state healthcare, municipal permits, and legislative drafting.
Microsoft accelerates dedicated Kuwait Azure AI Region with mandatory in-country data residency
The sovereign cloud infrastructure allows state ministries and energy conglomerates to execute large model inference within national borders.
Qatar brings Azure OpenAI service into its local cloud region
A government partnership with Microsoft combines local data processing and new GPU capacity with a push to build AI-enabled public services.
Kuwait Oil Company opens AI centre around operational use cases
The centre's first disclosed work includes agentic scheduling for drilling rigs, bringing AI experimentation closer to production planning.
Aramco and Microsoft agree to accelerate industrial AI rollout
The Saudi energy company and Microsoft will explore AI-driven industrial solutions built on Azure and integrated into core operations.