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Broadcast Pro
22-07-2025
- Broadcast Pro
MBZUAI launches NextGen Summer Programme
This is part of MBZUAIs mission to build national AI talent and aligns with the UAEs AI Strategy 2031. The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has launched its NextGen Summer Programme, a week-long initiative designed to introduce high school students in Grades 1012 to the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, innovation and emerging technologies. Hosted at the MBZUAI campus in Abu Dhabi, the immersive programme brings together 38 high-performing students from across the UAE for hands-on workshops and expert-led sessions. The students were selected from more than 150 applications, highlighting the programmes competitiveness. They will collaborate on projects requiring real-world AI applications in sectors such as healthcare, mobility, climate, and the creative industries. What sets the programme apart is its strong focus on real-world relevance. Under the guidance of MBZUAI faculty and industry mentors, students will use platforms like Python, Google Colab, and Kaggle to work with real datasets and explore how AI models are designed, tested and evaluated. Sessions on AI ethics, bias, and future career paths will reinforce the importance of using technology thoughtfully and with awareness of their broader societal impact. Rawdha AlMeraikhi, Director of Outreach at MBZUAI, said: 'We designed NextGen to spark curiosity, build skills, and give students a realistic glimpse into the future of AI, not just as a technology, but as a tool to create meaningful change. Its a unique opportunity for students to build confidence, explore their potential in one of the worlds most impactful fields, and potentially become the next MBZUAI students and future leaders in AI. The programme supports the UAEs broader vision to build national capabilities in advanced technology, in alignment with the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, which aims to position the country as a global leader in AI innovation and adoption. It also aligns with Abu Dhabis ambition to become the worlds first fully AI-native government by 2027.
ME Construction
15-07-2025
- ME Construction
Architectural AI: Designing better buildings while maintaining the human touch
Experts Architectural AI: Designing better buildings while maintaining the human touch By RIBA Chartered Architect Nikoleta Stefanaki shares her thoughts on the use of AI in architecture and why it should remain a support tool rather than a decision-maker Artificial intelligence (AI) is already a part of our daily lives. From site analysis and energy modeling to floor plans and performance simulations, it's becoming just another tool in our design process. In the Middle East, where projects move fast and expectations are high, AI does not feel revolutionary anymore, it simply feels expected. However, the fundamental concerns in architecture remain the same, even as the tools change: Who are we building for? What kind of experience are we trying to create? How can we ensure that the structures we design have significance rather than just statistical value? The challenge now is not whether or not to use AI. It is how to use it effectively without allowing it to flatten what defines architecture. More options, but less significance? AI gives us more options than ever. Enter a few parameters, and soon you will have hundreds of variations, daylight studies, and performance recommendations. That is helpful, especially under pressure. You get faster insight and early-stage clarity. According to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 41% of UK practices are already using AI tools for concept generation and visualisation. Speed and structure are undeniably valuable, but they are not enough. More choices do not always lead to better decisions. AI can calculate efficiency but it doesn't understand emotion. It can simulate light angles but not how sunlight across a floor makes someone feel at peace. It doesn't worry about a loved one in a hospital corridor. It doesn't pause to reflect. That's our job. Design is more than optimisation. It's about life, memory, comfort, culture. AI may tell us where to put a window for heat gain but it won't tell us where to place it so someone wakes up feeling calm. Allow AI to perform tasks that it is capable of doing AI has benefits that are well worth pursuing. In terms of performance-based design, it is outstanding. Before a single wall is built, it can simulate daylight, project thermal comfort, test ventilation, and calculate energy loads. That's quite significant at our current temperatures. Getting performance right leads to less waste, lower energy consumption, and increased comfort. AI, when combined with accurate data, can help us achieve sustainability goals with greater confidence and speed. As highlighted in a RIBA article, 57% of architects expect to use AI for environmental analysis within two years, identifying it as one of the most promising areas of application. The UAE's own national AI Strategy 2031 supports this momentum, targeting high-level integration of AI across sectors- including the built environment. However, performance alone does not define a successful building. We've all seen perfectly designed environments that appear frigid or detached. While atmosphere, context, and emotion are equally important (and cannot be defined by AI), numbers remain fundamental. Design for people, not just output We are also becoming more aware of the extent to which the built environment influences our well-being. Light, air, acoustics, orientation, and other factors all influence how people feel. AI is helping us understand these connections by processing massive amounts of data from real-world projects. That's handy. We could strategically arrange classrooms in a school, so that daylight is maximised, while glare is reduced. We could also consider redesigning the hospital circulation system to reduce the amount of walking by staff members and provide more relaxing areas for patients to wait. However, well-being is more than just numbers. It is emotional, it is how a student feels their first day in a new classroom. A patient finds comfort in a setting that lacks a clinical atmosphere. Although AI cannot define those outcomes, it can support them. It still takes people and designers who pay attention and are concerned. A tool, not a decision-maker AI, like any other tool, has limitations. The quality of AI depends on the training data, which often originates from diverse regions and societies. What makes sense in the United States or Scandinavia is not always applicable in the Gulf. We cannot accept AI results without question. We need to ask, is this logical here? Does it reflect the way people live, work, and socialise here? Transparency is also important. AI is beginning to shape decisions that affect people's lives, including financial, emotional, and social outcomes. If we're answering those calls with algorithms, we need to understand why and how they work. RIBA's research reflects this tension: 34% of architects view AI as threat, voicing concerns about design imitation and loss of creativity. The profession is cautiously optimistic but not uncritical. In his book 'Machine Learning: Architecture in the age of AI', architect and Yale professor Philip G. Bernstein emphasises that AI should be viewed as an augmentation, rather than a substitute for architectural intelligence. He writes, 'the architect's role is not only to generate options, but also to apply judgment to those options in ways that are culturally, contextually, and ethically appropriate.' In other words, AI can provide infinite iterations, but only humans can decide what matters. Our involvement is changing rather than disappearing Although it is easy to believe that AI is transforming our field of work, this does not imply that it is replacing us. Our responsibility is, if anything, growing. Architects shape experiences, manage complexity, and interpret needs; they don't just draw buildings. The more powerful our tools become, the more important it is that we actively guide them. We are the ones who set the priorities and investigate the appropriate issues to ensure that the outcome benefits actual people, not just performance goals. We have the opportunity to lead this transformation in the Middle East, where things move quickly and consumers are open to creativity. However, innovation does not imply sprinting to automate. It entails keeping the parts that are most important to people in our hands while utilising AI where it is beneficial. Where people still come first AI can help us become smarter, faster, and more precise designers. It still doesn't know what is best for a specific family, community, or city with a unique history. It has no idea what a place represents, or what it may mean in the future. And that's why we came into this field. The best architecture is ultimately human-made. It's more than just clever or efficient; it's intuitive, emotional, and deeply connected to the way people live. AI may help us build faster and smarter, but it can't replace the insight that comes from truly understanding a place, a culture, or a community. At its core, architecture is not just about structure, it's about belongings. And no algorithm can replace the human instinct to design for life.
TECHx
16-05-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Alteryx One Launches to Advance AI Integration in Analytics
Home » Emerging technologies » Big Data » Alteryx One Launches to Advance AI Integration in Analytics Dubai, UAE, May 16, 2025 Alteryx, Inc., a leading AI and data analytics company, has announced the launch of Alteryx One, a unified suite of AI-powered analytics capabilities. This new platform enables organizations to automate and scale analytics while simplifying access to trusted, AI-ready enterprise data. Alteryx One unifies analytics automation, low-code/no-code data prep, AI assistance, cloud flexibility, and enterprise governance in one centrally managed solution. The company revealed that the platform includes a centralized portal for managing the entire Alteryx portfolio across all deployment models. The new AI Control Center offers unified orchestration, combining license management with built-in governance and security. It also provides full visibility into all AI interactions, including large language models (LLMs). Ben Canning, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, stated that Alteryx One empowers organizations with flexibility and helps them scale insights intelligently. Karl Crowther, Vice President – MEA & APAC at Alteryx, reported that national AI strategies in the Middle East are accelerating demand for platforms like Alteryx One. He cited the UAE's AI Strategy 2031 and Saudi Arabia's $100 billion AI investment as clear indicators of the region's digital focus. With Alteryx One, both public and private sectors can bridge data silos and unlock AI-powered insights with confidence. The platform now features new tiered packaging and a unified licensing portal for streamlined access, permissions, and license control. Alteryx also introduced direct access to cloud data platforms, reducing data movement and enhancing real-time processing: Live Query support for Databricks and Snowflake enables secure, real-time access to large datasets Expanded integrations include Azure Synapse, Qlik, and Starburst with enhanced cloud pushdown processing The platform supports reusable, secure connections to cloud data sources, simplifying cloud adoption and lowering costs. Alteryx One is designed to help organizations deliver trusted, AI-ready data. Siemens Energy is already using Alteryx for data extraction, blending, and preparing non-digitized content. They also built an AI chatbot that queries document repositories using LLMs, showcasing effective AI integration. A recent Alteryx survey reported that 46% of analysts face challenges with data quality, especially as more data shifts to the cloud. Alteryx One addresses this with enterprise-wide access to AI and analytics through a single platform. New AI-powered features aim to enhance productivity and simplify decision-making: Magic Reports auto-generate dynamic, customized reports auto-generate dynamic, customized reports Alteryx Copilot provides real-time workflow suggestions based on user queries provides real-time workflow suggestions based on user queries GenAI Tools, currently in private preview, integrate generative AI to automate complex tasks and create new insights These tools support leading LLMs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. Alteryx reported that the new capabilities will help users scale AI initiatives and improve business outcomes.
Web Release
16-05-2025
- Business
- Web Release
Alteryx Introduces a Unified Platform for Enterprise Analytics and AI Orchestration
Alteryx, Inc., a leading AI and data analytics company, today announced Alteryx One, a unified suite of AI-powered analytics capabilities that give customers greater flexibility to automate and scale analytics across their data ecosystems. The release also introduces new features that simplify access to trusted, governed, and AI-ready enterprise data. A Unified Platform for AI-Powered Analytics Traditional analytics solutions often force trade-offs between flexibility, governance, and innovation. Alteryx One eliminates these barriers by unifying powerful analytics automation, low-code, no-code data prep and blend, AI assistance, cloud flexibility, and enterprise governance, into a seamless, centrally managed platform. The introduction of a centralized portal allows customers to seamlessly manage their entire Alteryx portfolio, regardless of deployment model. Alteryx's new AI Control Center offers unified orchestration, combining licensing management with built-in security, governance, and visibility into all AI interactions, including large language models (LLMs). This centralized control helps ensure consistent access and usage policies across the platform. 'This launch marks a major step forward in making analytics accessible, collaborative, and intelligent,' said Ben Canning, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx. 'The future of AI-powered analytics is about choice and connection. Alteryx One empowers organizations with the flexibility to access analytics in any way they need and to help ensure their data is AI-ready. This release is built to help organizations scale insights, automate intelligently, and stay ahead of AI, on their own terms.' Karl Crowther, Vice President – MEA & APAC, Alteryx: 'As governments across the Middle East double down on national AI strategies and digital transformation initiatives, platforms like Alteryx One are becoming vital to turning ambition into action. The UAE's AI Strategy 2031 and Saudi Arabia's $100 billion AI and data investment reflect a clear regional mandate to empower people and systems with smarter, faster, and more scalable tools. With Alteryx One, we're enabling public and private organizations to align with this vision, bridging data silos and unlocking AI-powered insights across the enterprise with confidence and control.' With new tiered packaging and a unified licensing portal, Alteryx One provides organizations with centralized control over user access, permissions, and license management, enabling secure, scalable analytics across the enterprise. Direct Access to Data Platforms As enterprise data increasingly moves to the cloud, organizations need faster, more secure ways to work directly with their cloud data without costly data movement or unnecessary replication. Alteryx One delivers this by making data platforms an extension of the analytics environment with expanded connectivity and deeper integrations, such as Pre-/Post-SQL support for In-DB tools, enabling more advanced data processing. Additionally, real-time data access via Live Query for Databricks, the Data and AI company, and Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, turns Alteryx into a direct window into the data platforms. Customers can now work with massive datasets in real time, accelerating data preparation while maintaining security and performance. Alteryx One also introduces shared connectors and plans, enabling IT teams to establish secure, reusable connections to cloud data sources. To support broader enterprise needs, Alteryx One expands connectivity with new and updated connectors for platforms like Azure Synapse, Qlik, and Starburst, along with enhancements to improve cloud pushdown processing. Together, these enhancements simplify cloud adoption for analytics teams and deliver faster access, lower costs, and stronger governance without compromising flexibility or control. Delivering Trusted, AI-Ready Data Customers like Siemens Energy are leveraging Alteryx to extract, prepare, and blend data — fostering data democratization, and a digital mindset. This transformation includes the successful adoption of AI and LLMs, for example, to unlock valuable insights from previously hard-to-access and non-digitized data. By integrating Alteryx with a data platform and LLMs, Siemens Energy has developed an AI-powered chatbot that enables users to query extensive document repositories. A recent Alteryx survey found that data integration continues to be a significant challenge for data analysts. Nearly half (46%) of analysts report that data quality issues are their biggest obstacle when preparing data. This challenge is amplified as more organizations move their data to the cloud, increasing the demand for faster and more seamless access to data in cloud data platforms. In today's AI-driven business environment, these difficulties inhibit organizations' ability to efficiently prepare data for analytics and AI applications. As organizations seek to balance the benefits of AI initiatives and the challenge of AI governance for broad usage analytics, Alteryx One delivers scaled access to data and AI across the business for all knowledge workers in one unified platform. New capabilities include a suite of powerful AI-driven features designed to streamline analytics and decision-making. Magic Reports leverages AI to automatically create customized, dynamic reports, significantly reducing manual effort and enabling faster, more insightful reporting. Alteryx Copilot, currently in public preview, is an interactive assistant that transforms user questions into actionable workflows in real time, going beyond traditional chatbots to offer intelligent guidance and tool recommendations. Meanwhile, the GenAI Tools, in private preview, integrate generative AI directly into workflows to automate complex tasks and unlock new ways to generate insights and orchestrate logic. With support for leading LLMs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini, these tools empower users to move past routine automation and embrace the full potential of AI. Together, these innovations make it easier for organizations to scale AI initiatives, enhance productivity, and drive smarter business outcomes across the enterprise.
Al Etihad
24-04-2025
- Business
- Al Etihad
UAE to become first country to utilise AI in writing laws
25 Apr 2025 00:20 KHALED AL KHAWALDEH (ABU DHABI) The UAE is set to become the first country to actively use AI to help write and review new and existing legislation. The landmark initiative will further solidify the country as a leading practitioner of emerging technology and could possibly serve as a case study for the rest of the world. The new programme will fall under the umbrella of the newly formed 'Regulatory Intelligence Office', which was approved by the Cabinet on April 14. It seeks to create a singular body to integrate AI into every stage of lawmaking, using data to analyse the effectiveness of new and existing legislation. 'The new system will allow us to track the daily impact of laws on our people and economy using large-scale data, and it will regularly suggest updates to our legislation,' His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said in a statement. 'The system will be linked to leading global research centres to follow the best international policies and legislative practices, adapting them to suit the UAE's unique circumstances,' His Highness added. The move is a continuation of the UAE Government's world-leading push to become a centre for both the implementation and development of AI. Having launched its AI Strategy 2031 and appointed the world's first Minister of AI, the UAE Government is looking to lead by example by utilising emerging technologies across its functions. As part of Dubai AI Week, the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) on Thursday released a report detailing 15 use cases across government that have already yielded substantial efficiency gains. In one case, an existing programme managed to see a 300% increase in the recovery of lost items. Another recorded a 94.6% improvement in the accuracy of multilingual government digital texts and transcripts, while some other case witnessed an 85% boost in real estate valuation accuracy.'We are building a comprehensive platform that unites the public and private sectors with academia to develop and deploy AI solutions, shape enabling policies and legislation, raise awareness, and spread knowledge,' said Saeed Al Falasi, Director of report included key research that detailed how AI could be further implemented to improve urban environments, healthcare, operational and logistical costs as well as customer satisfaction. It forecast that by making these changes, the Dubai Government can radically reduce its overhead by 70%, improve results and help usher in an industry that could make up to14% of the UAE's GDP by 2030. In Abu Dhabi, a strategy has been set to create an AI-powered government, based on an announcement early this year. With an investment of Dh13 billion in innovations for 2025-2027, the emirate seeks to build the world's first fully AI-native government across all digital services in two years. The 'Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025-2027' aims to establish a robust digital infrastructure, creating a flexible and scalable foundation to achieve 100% adoption of sovereign cloud computing for government operations and digitising and automating 100% of processes, according to the announcement in January. The transition to AI integration is not without its costs, with the UAE leading the world in AI investment both domestically and abroad. A recent report by Boston Consulting Group found that the country led the region in AI preparedness due to its substantive infrastructure both existing and under development, including 35 Data Centres already in operation. Moreover, the report found that the UAE had succeeded in attracting almost 7000 AI specialists to help implement the transition although it warned that talent could be a constraint going forward.
