Salesforce’s Mohammed Alkhotani on how AI agents and digital labour are reshaping work and productivity in the Middle East
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Abu Dhabi Finance Week
Facing financial crime in the fourth industrial revolution
Financial crime globally costs around $2.1 trillion, surpassing the annual GDP of major economies like G20 nations
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Second Saudi Forum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution opens in Riyadh
A memorandum of understanding is also expected to be signed between the center and the Ministry of Transport at the meet
Artificial intelligence
Will the dawn of the Fifth Industrial Revolution lead humanity to utopia or dystopia?
‘Potent AI’ carries both risks and rewards
Education
Higher education at a crossroads: Universities must align programs to a changing job market
Tertiary education is at a crossroads because the Fourth Industrial Revolution is turning the job market upside down
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi debuts ‘smart manufacturing’ index for private sector
The smart manufacturing technology will help boost growth and increase competitiveness
4IR
Achieving safety through technology
The UAE and its focus on providing digital solutions is evidence that the current and future strategies are generating an ecosystem of safety while implementing technological advances
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi taps GE Digital to accelerate digital transformation in manufacturing sector
The two are to collaborate to adopt circular economy strategies to drive more productive, competitive, advanced and innovative measures for the manufacturing sector, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi to invest $2.7 billion to boost its manufacturing sector
The strategy will focus on six programmes, which will create 13,600 skilled jobs and boost the emirate’s non-oil exports by 143 percent
Automatic Smart Grid Restoration
DEWA automates power grid management and troubleshooting
The move is part of the firm’s strategy to adopt latest technologies in power generation, in which it has allotted AED 7 billion in investments
Artificial intelligence
Business leaders given training to ‘harness the power of AI’
The programme aligns with the UAE’s strategy to become the world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2031
4IR
EDB highlights its role as key financial enabler of 4th industrial revolution
Emirates Development Bank has been working with stakeholders, industrial companies and SMEs to explore the adoption of 4IR technologies in the UAE’s industrial sector
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Sharjah launches accelerator programme to help Industry 4.0 startups scale up
The SAIA 2.0 programme will support early stage businesses in the areas of smart construction management, smart materials, green building, modularisation or prefabrication, building information modelling, additive manufacturing, as well as connected infra and connected ecosystems
5g technology
Will faster networks lead to safer food?
The UAE is taking an innovative approach to food security challenge with advanced technologies and Fourth Industrial Revolution solutions at the heart of their strategy
employee productivity
As the four-day week gains traction, what other working models are on the horizon?
Most organisations are still using a work-model that was established not one, but two, and almost three industrial revolutions ago
cybercrime
The role of trust in achieving sovereignty in an increasingly digital world
Every digital interaction results in the exchange of billions of data points, which presents the challenge of securing this data to protect nations and citizens, while ensuring its ethical use
Agile Nations
UAE to chair Agile Nations network with a focus on digital assets, new regulations, and use of the metaverse
Comprised of seven countries, including the UAE, UK, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Singapore, and Japan, the Agile Nations network was established by the World Economic Forum in partnership with the OECD in November 2020