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Wall Street falls amid concerns about AI spending.
Google News – Egypt
The article asks whether artificial intelligence marks the end of literature, placing the question within decades of debate about literature’s future and a crisis in its production and reception.
القدس العربي
Google says its satellite in orbit runs an onboard Gemma 4 model and sends its first response to Earth as part of Project Suncatcher.
The Verge AI
Egyptian composer Khaled Hammad says artificial intelligence is the biggest threat to music study and that advances in composition and recording tools have expanded possibilities for film music.
الشرق الأوسط
Zest introduces an AI concierge that combines users' dining preferences, presents restaurant options for a vote and books reservations by text.
TechCrunch AI
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says the company will explore AI-based digital menus personalized for participating customers at drive-throughs.
The Verge AI
The UAE begins using AI to complete government transactions without manual requests, including license renewals and electricity services.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
MEMRI reports that Egypt plans to use AI to address extremism.
Google News – Egypt
Google's first data-center satellite is online, running a TPU with Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 model to generate poetry.
TechCrunch AI
The pope calls on institutions to apply ethical principles in guiding AI development and says some decisions cannot be delegated to machines.
Anadolu Agency
Jio Haptik launches SOLO in the United Arab Emirates to support AI-powered entrepreneurship.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom offers opportunities to deceive people as unprofitable companies raise capital at trillion-dollar valuations.
TechCrunch AI
Pope Leo XIV calls for human oversight of AI and urges UN member states to take steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons at a meeting in Geneva next month.
The Verge AI
Osama Al Rahma says artificial intelligence helps combat financial crime.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
DoorDash says it has received “several hundred” orders from AI agents and is open to working with third-party agent makers.
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI's Emmanuel Marill discusses the UAE's AI ambitions, enterprise adoption and the future of work.
Google News – UAE
Anthropic’s 335-page S-1 filing describes potential catastrophic risks and benefits of its AI technology.
The Verge AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will continue releasing AI-generated mathematical results in comments on a podcast.
The Verge AI
Runware is building a factory to produce prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line; whether it can deliver at scale remains untested.
TechCrunch AI
Carma finds that the Middle East and Africa are least sceptical about AI data centres.
Google News – UAE
Egyptian investment firm Raya Ventures backs UK AI firm Pidima in its first investment.
Google News – Egypt
Legal experts assess whether technology firms may alert police about possible crimes before they occur, following cases of suspects confessing to ChatGPT.
Anadolu Agency
A report says AI services in the UAE anticipate users’ needs and complete transactions.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
Anadolu Agency reports Alphabet's market value falls $500 billion as shares drop nearly 13%, citing AI infrastructure costs, negative cash flow and pressure on ad revenue from AI search.
Anadolu Agency
A report examines how the Iran and Gaza wars show limits to military use of artificial intelligence.
Google News – Iran · Google News – Gaza
TahawulTech.com says UAE enterprises need to align their AI ambitions with security readiness.
Google News – UAE
The UAE AI Office launches a nationwide “Vibe Coding” experience in the United Arab Emirates for Codes Day.
Google News – UAE · أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
The United Arab Emirates introduces an AI-powered coding platform to help users build apps without programming skills.
Google News – UAE
AI data center expansion becomes a campaign issue in Maine, where a debate audience member says the facilities threaten the climate and water.
The Verge AI
Artificial Intelligence Day in Egypt brings together experts and students.
Google News – Egypt
An international symposium in the United Arab Emirates examines the use of artificial intelligence in Quranic interpretation.
أخبار جوجل – الإمارات
Nasdaq futures fall more than 2% on Friday after Amazon indicates its AI spending surge is not near its end.
الشرق الأوسط
Spotify plans to launch AI remixes in early 2027.
Google News – Egypt
European shares edge lower on Friday as technology stocks face pressure amid renewed concerns about returns on AI investments.
الشرق الأوسط
The Wikimedia Foundation urges courts in US AI copyright cases to protect LLM training on copyrighted works but not chatbots reproducing them.
The Verge AI
Kim Jong Un urges North Korea to pursue drone dominance and expand military AI use amid border tensions.
Google News – Yemen Houthi
Scientists discuss the effects of artificial intelligence on their work.
Asharq Al-Awsat
Arabian Business describes AI as the next chapter in relations between the United Arab Emirates and Canada.
Google News – UAE
Big Tech's nuclear power deals to supply electricity for AI prompt questions about who will pay for rising energy costs.
Al Jazeera English
The National reports that UAE parents are being urged to strengthen online safety as AI-generated images are used to bully and blackmail children.
Google News – UAE