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Dubai hosts conference on AI with NVIDIA

The event is held in line with the authorities’ bid to adopt the new technology and conduct studies to explore this promising field

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The Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications Office of Dubai, in collaboration with NVIDIA, organised a conference on AI in line with the authorities’ bid to adopt the new technology and conduct studies to explore this promising field.

The conference, titled ‘AI-Enabled  Entrepreneurs’, aimed to introduce the latest innovations and developments in the fields of generative AI, metaverses and robotics.

The conference also highlighted the success stories of start-up companies, their contributions, and experiences to inspire entrepreneurs globally to benefit from them in developing solutions based on future technological fields.

Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation and partnerships between governments and leading institutions in the technology field, to design innovative solutions to the critical challenges and empower entrepreneurs and start-ups thereby harnessing their full potential for the betterment of individuals and societies.

Omar Sultan Al Olama highlighted the impact of these initiatives to reinforce the endeavors of the UAE government, along with governments worldwide, in empowering entrepreneurs through the adoption of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies and generative AI tools.

Marc Domenech, regional director – enterprise, META Region, at NVIDIA, said the UAE is one of the leading countries for start-up innovation, and the company is committed to nurturing innovation across industries.

“We’re looking forward to collaborating with the UAE Government and the AI Office to expand NVIDIA’s Inception programme in the country,” he said.

The conference highlighted NVIDIA Inception, a global programme that nurtures cutting-edge start-ups, bringing together member companies along with the company experts to discuss how to enable application- and product-level innovation using technology from companies like OpenAI and InstaDeep.

The Inception programme includes more than 60 start-ups in the UAE and more than 14,000 around the world.

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