AI startup Perplexity AI has offered $34.5 billion to buy Google’s Chrome browser, citing antitrust opportunity. SAN FRANCISCO: Artificial intelligence search company Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser, aiming to leverage its 3 billion-strong user base to gain an edge in the AI search race. The […]
British scientists have engineered a new E. coli strain, Syn57, with just 57 codons, offering potential for novel amino acids. CAMBRIDGE: British scientists have successfully created the most genetically streamlined bacterial genome to date, unveiling a newly engineered strain of Escherichia coli known as Syn57. Developed at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, […]
From quirky curiosities to downright bizarre questions, Google has seen it all. Every day, millions of users type in queries that range from the oddly specific, like “Can you milk a pigeon?” to the wildly imaginative, such as “Do aliens watch Netflix?” These strange searches offer a peek into the limitless curiosity (and sometimes peculiar […]
Abu Dhabi’s AI sector expanded 61% in a year, with 150 new companies launched in six months, driven by research and innovation. ABU DHABI: The UAE capital is rapidly cementing its position as a global hub for artificial intelligence, with new figures from the Abu Dhabi Chamber showing a 61 per cent year-on-year expansion in […]
The UAE has reinforced its global leadership in digital transformation, topping multiple global indices in connectivity, smart cities, and AI readiness. ABU DHABI: The UAE continues to secure its position at the forefront of global digital transformation, driven by visionary national strategies that place innovation and people-first policies at the heart of sustainable growth. The […]
The 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing unveiled 10 future trends for embodied intelligent robots, highlighting cognition, decision-making, safety, and human-robot collaboration. BEIJING: The 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) has spotlighted the next wave of advancements in embodied intelligent robots, unveiling 10 emerging trends that will shape the field. The announcement, made by Qiao Hong, […]
The World Robot Conference 2025 in Beijing debuts over 100 cutting-edge robotics products, attracting global experts and industry leaders. BEIJING: The World Robot Conference (WRC) 2025 opened in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area on Friday, showcasing more than 100 brand-new robotics products — nearly double the number from last year. Running until Tuesday, the event […]
The UAE Space Agency and EDGE launched a 10-week programme to train Emirati engineers in satellite and mission operations, supporting UAE’s space sector growth. ABU DHABI: The UAE Space Agency’s National Space Academy has launched a new Space Mission and Satellite Engineering (SMSE) programme in partnership with EDGE Group, marking a significant leap in training […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Google has pledged a massive $1 billion investment over the next three years to broaden access to artificial intelligence (AI) education and training across the United States. The initiative, aimed at higher education institutions and non-profit organisations, is one of the tech giant’s largest commitments to AI education to date. Announced this week, […]
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI) models that users can customise and operate locally on personal devices, marking a shift towards more open-access AI technology. Named GPT-oss-120b and GPT-oss-20b, these models are “open-weight language models”, meaning their internal parameters are accessible. Unlike the closed architecture of ChatGPT, […]
ABU DHABI: Healthtech innovator M42 has announced significant findings from one of the world’s largest clinical validations of artificial intelligence (AI) in tuberculosis screening. The study, published in npj Digital Medicine – Nature, highlights the game-changing accuracy and scalability of M42’s AI model, AIRIS-TB, for mass chest X-ray assessments. Conducted with the Capital Health Screening […]
