AI IN ARABIC

Mideast companies reconsider the high cost of AI leadership

Across the Middle East and beyond, companies are reassessing whether it's worth the massive cost of developing cutting-edge AI models from scratch

Emirates News Agency

G42 CEO Peng Xiao, left, with OpenAI's Sam Altman, at the signing of a partnership agreement in 2023

The global race to develop powerful AI models is increasingly dominated by the U.S. and China, leaving ambitious countries like the UAE struggling to keep up.The UAE’s flagship model, Falcon, which once promised to dominate, has fallen behind in...