Global AI Summit 2024 Unites Tech Giants and Organizations to Advance AI

Tech giants and global organizations unite at GAIN Summit 2024 to advance AI as day one concludes

First day saw major announcements from tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft and Huawei. UNESCO and the Saudi government also officially launched a new global initiative dedicated to advancing AI ethics. Three-day landmark summit continues tomorrow. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Today saw the start of the highly anticipated GAIN Summit, hosted by the Saudi Data & Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) in Riyadh across three days to explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Focused on pushing the boundaries of AI for the good of humanity, the first day of the summit addressed challenges such as biases in AI models, and emphasized the need for global collaboration and the establishment of robust AI governance frameworks. Several technology giants and leading international organisations made major announcements during the day, including: Nvidia announced a groundbreaking collaboration with SDAIA that will leverage the latest technological advancements to enable developers to more easily build and deploy AI applications with the ALLaM Arabic LLM model. The collaboration will set a new standard for AI-driven language models in the Middle East. The two organisations are further planning to expand on SDAIA's existing supercomputer infrastructure, establishing one of the largest high-performance computing data centers in the MENA region, using NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. OECD signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SDAIA to strengthen AI incident monitoring in Middle Eastern countries and track data in the Arabic language. It will leverage the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s extensive resources and database of over 1,000 AI policies from 70 countries, as well as collaboration with local entities, and will help countries collectively address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. UNESCO and SDAIA announced today that the International Center for Research and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (ICAIRE) has been classified as a Category 2 (C2) center under UNESCO's auspices. The classification underscores the pivotal role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in advancing international and regional cooperation in AI policies, ethics, and research. The third edition of the GAIN Summit is featuring over 450 speakers - industry leaders, policymakers and researchers - from more than 100 countries. Highlights sessions from Day 1 across four stages included 'Generative AI and personalised adventure' with Boson AI CEO Alex Smola and 'Beyond Words: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI with Next Generation Arabic LLMs' with H.E. Dr. Esam Alwagait, Director of the National Information Centre; Jonathan Adashek, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications, IBM; and Marketing & Communications, IBM; and Turki Badhris, President, Microsoft Arabia. The summit continues tomorrow with sessions on job disruption and the future of work, realizing the potential of AI for healthcare and integrating health in sports.

GAIN Summit 2024 opens its doors

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia/PRNewswire/ -- AI leaders from around the world have gathered for day one of the Global AI Summit (GAIN), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hosted by the Saudi Data & Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), GAIN 2024 - the third edition of the summit - will explore pivotal themes, such as Generative AI, AI in urban life, and the ethical governance of AI, ensuring a comprehensive discussion on the technology's impact on society, business, and governance. This landmark summit is bringing together the best minds in AI across four stages - AI Minds, AI Synergy Sessions, Deep Learning Sessions, and AI Unplugged Sessions - all hosting panels, roundtable discussions, talks and speeches simultaneously. The Global AI Summit (GAIN) will feature over 450 speakers from more than 100 countries, and host 150 sessions to discuss the Now, the Next and the Never for AI, with over 32,000 delegates expected to attend over the three days. Top speakers include Cristiano Amon (President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated), Martin Kon (President & COO Cohere) Nick Studer (President & CEO, Oliver Wyman Group) and Dr. Marc Raibert (Founder, Boston Dynamics). GAIN is taking place from today until Thursday 12th September 2024 at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Third Global AI Summit launches in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH - The third edition of the Global AI Summit (GAIN Summit), organized by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), was inaugurated on Tuesday in Riyadh, featuring 450 speakers and attendees from 100 countries, including prominent figures in the field of AI, policymakers, and thought leaders. In his opening speech, SDAIA President Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi expressed gratitude to the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for his patronage and emphasized the summit's role in furthering the Kingdom's Vision 2030, reported local news agency (SPA). Al-Ghamdi highlighted the Saudi Arabia's leadership in AI innovation and SDAIA's commitment to its role in propelling the nation's economic growth through data and AI. He underlined the summit's aim to push the AI boundaries for the benefit of humanity while acknowledging the ethical challenges posed by the rise of generative AI, including forgery, and the need to address information generated using AI. He also highlighted the global competition for AI talent and the need to overcome the challenges inherent in attracting talent in order to ensure balanced digital, economic, and social development. Al-Ghamdi presented the authority's achievements in the field of data and AI since its establishment in 2019, including holding the first edition of the Global AI Summit, where discussions led to the establishment of a UN-affiliated advisory body for AI. He also highlighted the authority's role in fostering global collaboration in AI governance through hosting a major consultation for the UN, in which over 50 countries participated. Al-Ghamdi lauded UNESCO's efforts in promoting AI ethics, including the establishment of the International Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Ethics (ICAIRE), in Riyadh, which is recognized by the organization as an international center. He further outlined key SDAIA initiatives, including the ALLaM model, a pioneering Arabic language model developed in Saudi Arabia, and the "SauTech" innovation, a highly accurate Arabic speech-to-text tool covering 15 Arabic dialects. This technology is being utilized by the Ministry of Justice to transcribe court sessions, placing it at the forefront of AI-driven judicial system, he explained. Al-Ghamdi emphasized SDAIA's ongoing work with government agencies to leverage AI in the healthcare sector, highlighting the "EYENAI" solution, which has contributed to the early diagnosis of 846 potential patients in the past year. Moreover, the authority organized the largest national programming and AI Olympiad, in which more than 570,000 Saudi students participated, adding that Saudi is also hosting the first International AI Olympiad, with 25 countries competing in Riyadh. SDAIA, he said, has also made strides on a global scale with its effort to promote gender equality worldwide, particularly through the Elevate Initiative, which was launched during the second edition of the Global AI Summit, and through which the skills of women from 28 countries have been honed. Al-Ghamdi stressed that AI is not a tool that replaces human capabilities, but a powerful enabler in expanding them. He called for a human-centered AI, where technology promotes creativity and human compassion instead of replacing them, urging participants to join the summit discussions to bridge gaps, improve the quality of life, and create a future in which technology and humanity are in harmony. On his part, Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Swaha presented the investment theory in AI in the first session of summit, titled "Empowering Society through AI Driven Technology". He touched on three main challenges in AI: devices and energy efficiency, storage and memory, and models, where there might be confusion regarding accurate and false information. The opening ceremony included visual presentations of the scope of AI, its relationship with humans, and the development of related technologies. All KUNA right are reserved © 2022. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

Tech Giants and Global Organizations Unite at GAIN Summit 2024 to Advance AI as Day One Concludes

Several technology giants and leading international organizations made major announcements during the day, including:* Nvidia announced a groundbreaking collaboration with SDAIA that will leverage the latest technological advancements to enable developers to more easily build and deploy AI applications with the ALLaM Arabic LLM model. The collaboration will set a new standard for AI-driven language models in the Middle East. The two organizations are further planning to expand on SDAIA's existing supercomputer infrastructure, establishing one of the largest high-performance computing data centers in the MENA region, using NVIDIA Blackwell architecture.