Monthly Archives: April 2025

Technologies

Generative AI Providers Rewriting the Rules of Automated Traffic – F5 Report

  • New F5 Labs report finds that over half of page requests for web content are now automated as use of LLM scrapers intensifies.
  • More than a third of login attempts in the technology industry are account takeover attacks.
  • Healthcare and hospitality are the most targeted industries on the web; entertainment is the most targeted on mobile.
David Warburton - F5

Dubai, UAE. April 7, 2025 –The rise of generative AI means that bots now access some types of web content more than humans, according to new research from F5.

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Technologies

Open-Source AI in the Middle East: Three Key Opportunities – and the Risks Companies Can’t Ignore

Dubai, UAE – April 7, 2025 – From cost reduction to increased efficiency and technological advancement, the opportunities opened by the current market turmoil are many. However, the complexities associated with data management remain to be balanced

Artificial intelligence that is open source, i.e., freely available for use, study, modification and sharing, has been the focus of interest of insiders and ordinary citizens for quite some time now. In recent weeks, attention on the topic has increased exponentially, with concerns over the latest DeepSeek updates  and a surge of interest in Middle Eastern initiatives from entities such as G42 in the UAE and STC in Saudi Arabia, as the region seeks to keep pace with established  Chinese and U.S. models. Homegrown efforts like Falcon, Fanar, and Jais are placing the region firmly on the global AI development map. At the regional level, institutions like the Mohammed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have launched specialized AI programs and large language models, while other players across the GCC are deploying advanced solutions on locally operated architectures.

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Education, Health Care, Technologies

Five ways AI is creating a healthier future

MBZUAI is leading a healthcare revolution, from fetal health to remote accessibility, and deeper diagnosis to home-based care

Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 7, 2025: As artificial intelligence continues to transform healthcare, developments in multimodal models could hold the key to improving maternal and newborn health — the core focus for World Health Day 2025 today, under the theme ‘Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures’.

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is helping to lead AI-driven improvements in medical imaging and ultrasound analysis that could drastically improve the prenatal and postnatal health of babies, though this is just the tip of the University’s efforts to revolutionize healthcare. From understanding human biology in greater detail than ever before to serving remote and illiterate communities, faculty, students, and researchers at MBZUAI are tackling some of the biggest challenges in healthcare today.

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Business & Investments

AIM Congress 2025 Opens in Abu Dhabi

AIM Congress 2025 Opens in Abu Dhabi with Strong Call for Global Investment, Sustainability, and Innovation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 7th April  –  AIM Congress 2025, one of the world’s premier platforms for foreign direct investment and economic cooperation, officially opened today in Abu Dhabi, with high-level addresses delivered by H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Alzeyoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and H.E. Vahagn Garniki Khachaturyan, President of Armenia. The event sets the stage for global dialogue on sustainable investment, technological advancement, and inclusive economic development.

In his opening keynote, H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Alzeyoudi welcomed delegates to the UAE capital, emphasizing the nation’s longstanding commitment to investment-led growth and global partnerships.

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Technologies

Meta AI Assistant gets big upgrade with Llama 4

Mark Zuckerberg introduced the first models in the Llama 4 collection and shared that you can try Llama 4 today in Meta AI across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and meta.ai. Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick (both open sourced) are our most advanced models yet & the best in their class for multimodality. These new models boast industry-leading performance thanks to distillation from Llama 4 Behemoth, our most powerful model that we’re previewing today & one of the world’s smartest LLMs.

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