National Medical Order president Berthier Nsadi urged doctors at a Kinshasa conference on October 10 to use AI within the principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and equity.
Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP), reporting remarks by the National Medical Order president1 min read
Innovate UK has awarded £525,000 to the University of Glasgow-led Robotics Training Centre Scotland. The three-year centre aims to build robotics skills for businesses in manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, logistics and energy infrastructure.
Jordan Post ranked among the top 10 of 192 countries in the UPU's 2026 postal digital development assessment and reported activity across all 10 digital dimensions.
Jordan News Agency (Petra), reporting a Jordan Post statement1 min read
Qatar Chamber and the Federation of Saudi Chambers organized a two-day online course on electronic ATA Carnets with more than 70 Saudi authority trainees.
In a survey by the University of Jordan's Center for Strategic Studies, 89% of Sanad app users said e-services saved them government-office visits, while 80% of service-center visitors praised transaction speed.
Jordan News Agency (Petra), reporting the University of Jordan Center for Strategic Studies poll1 min read
The UAE Government’s Artificial Intelligence Office and Mawaheb Talent Hub, part of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Government Enablement, announced the Abu Dhabi Digital Talent initiative on October 8.
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Government Enablement (DGE) announced AiNative on October 7, a training programme developed with OpenAI, Microsoft and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). It is intended for government employees and the wider public.
Abu Dhabi’s Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council reviewed progress across the emirate’s technology agenda at a meeting on October 6. Council chairman Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed chaired the session, attended by Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed.
Scottish Enterprise announced on 6 October that it had awarded cell-therapy manufacturer RoslinCT an R&D grant of up to £7.25 million for the digital transformation of its manufacturing operations in Scotland. The programme forms part of the company’s multi-year digital expansion plan.
RoslinCT (announcement published by Scottish Enterprise)1 min read
The average consumer price of motor gasoline in Russia increased from 78.50 roubles per litre on 28 September to 78.73 roubles on 5 October, according to Rosstat’s weekly monitoring published on 7 October. Prices of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline each rose 0.3% over the week; AI-98 and higher grades rose 0.7%.
Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)1 min read
The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) opened applications for private entities in a regulatory sandbox track focused on personal data protection. The Saudi Press Agency reported on October 6 that registration would remain open for two months.
Saudi Press Agency (dispatch reproduced by OANA)1 min read
The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi introduced Falcon-Emirati for the local dialect, Falcon-ASR for multilingual speech transcription and Falcon-OCR-Arabic for extracting Arabic text and structure from documents.