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Middle East Tech News 29 June 2025 - 22 September 2025

NVIDIA and Abu Dhabi Unite to Launch Middle East’s First AI & Robotics Lab – A New Era for Tech in the UAE

NVIDIA and Abu Dhabi Unite to Launch Middle East’s First AI & Robotics Lab – A New Era for Tech in the UAE

In summary, the NVIDIA-TII partnership establishes a groundbreaking AI and robotics research hub in Abu Dhabi, accelerating the UAE’s bid to be a global AI leader. Below, we delve into the background of this alliance, its significance for the Middle East, strategic goals driving it, key players involved, NVIDIA’s global ambitions, and what this development means for the tech landscape as of September 22, 2025. Background: NVIDIA and TII’s Groundbreaking Partnership Dr. Najwa Aaraj (TII CEO, seated right) and Marc Domenech (NVIDIA’s regional director, seated left) sign the agreement establishing the joint AI and robotics lab at TII’s headquarters in
Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

In June 2024, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution approved the National Artificial Intelligence Document, a comprehensive policy blueprint for AI development. By July 2024, Iran established the National AI Organization as an independent body under the President’s supervision to steer the AI ecosystem and aim to be among the world’s top 10 AI powers within the next decade. In May 2025, Iran’s parliament approved a National AI Plan with an overwhelming majority of 187–33, deeming AI an urgent national imperative. At the start of 2025, the government allocated about $115 million USD for AI research and development in
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