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Banking Central | India needs a much higher deposit insurance for its bank customers

India’s deposit insurance framework needs an urgent recalibration. The threshold of Rs 5 lakh is inadequate in the current economic landscape where deposit sizes...

MENA startups secure new investments, acquisitions across fintech, AI and e-commerce

RIYADH: Startups across the Middle East and North Africa continue to attract significant investment, with funding rounds and acquisitions shaping the region’s growing tech...

Corporate activities drive Saudi bank loans to highest growth rate in 18 months

Corporate lending dominated the sector, making up around 54 percent RIYADH: Saudi bank loans reached SR2.82 trillion ($753.27 billion) in August, representing an annual growth...

Google what our chatbot tells you… says Google

Google says people should use its search engine to check whether information provided by its chatbot, Bard, is actually accurate. Some have suggested chatbots like...

Dubai Assembly for Generative AI set for October 2023

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of The Executive Council of...

SDAIA, NTDP Launch Groundbreaking AI Accelerator GAIA

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) and the National Technology Development Program (NTDP), in cooperation with New Native Inc., launched Tuesday GAIA, the...

Meta Remains Committed to the Metaverse Despite $13.7B Loss in 2022, Mark Zuckerberg Says

Meta's pivot cost the social media giant over $20 billion since 2021, but the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the firm isn't...

Google is building an AI tool for journalists

Google is developing an artificial intelligence tool for news publishers that can generate article text and headlines, the company said, highlighting how the technology...

Saudi Aramco VC fund joins Thiel to back AI-powered emissions monitor

Riyadh: Saudi Aramco’s venture capital arm has invested in Tenderd, a UAE-based firm backed by Peter Thiel, which uses AI-generated insights to monitor and...

e& launches its metaverse ‘e& universe’ with Samsung’s Unpacked event

Abu Dhabi: UAE's telecommunications giant e& made its official entry into the metaverse on Wednesday with the launch of 'e& universe' and collaborated with...

Tired of proving you’re not a robot? Say goodbye to Captcha boxes

You have probably seen Captchas - puzzles that ask you to pick out all the bicycles in an image or to decipher letters that...

Google, Microsoft and other tech giants form AI group focused on ensuring safety

San Francisco: Four US leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) announced Wednesday the formation of an industry group devoted to addressing risks that cutting edge...

Apple faces $1 billion UK lawsuit by app developers over App Store fees

More than 1,500 app developers in the United Kingdom brought a £785 million ($1 billion) class action lawsuit against Apple Tuesday over its App Store...

WhatsApp rolling out channels to more countries

San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it is rolling out channels to more countries. The company made the announcement on Twitter...

Soon, AI tech will monitor UAE waters to prevent drowning incidents

Soon, cameras put up on UAE beaches will be equipped with a new artificial intelligence-based technology that can help lifeguards monitor swimmers and identify...

Dubai: Al-Futtaim Group embarks on digital transformation

Dubai-headquartered Al-Futtaim Group has embarked on a digital transformation journey, aiming to become data-driven intelligent organisation, that is adaptive to the evolving needs of...

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US

Seven leading companies in artificial intelligence have committed to managing risks posed by the tech, the White House has said. This will include testing the...

Elon Musk: Twitter rebrands as X and kills off blue bird logo

Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous blue bird to "X". The new white X on a black background has replaced the...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday. The project's core offering is its World ID, which the company describes...

With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm

Last month, a video posted to Twitter by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign used images that appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence showing former President Donald...

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Closing Bell: Saudi main index closes in red at 12,317

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index dipped on Wednesday,...