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[sdia predicts that by 2030, ai will contribute 12% to the saudi economy.]

in september, the heat in riyadh, the capital of saudi arabia, was unbearable. as a typical desert country in the middle east, it seems hard to imagine that in ancient times, this region could nourish its dense population and dense cities with only agricultural resources. in the last century, american oil merchants found a large amount of oil resources here, and saudi arabia took a step towards modernization. in today's post-oil era, this country has a new vision. in the planned industrial transformation, digitalization, especially artificial intelligence technology, has become a major focus.

since the launch of chatgpt at the end of 2022, it has become increasingly difficult to ignore the middle east in the field of artificial intelligence.

previously, the saudi data and artificial intelligence authority (sdaia) developed the arabic large model allam. in september, sdaia held the gain summit artificial intelligence summit, attracting relevant persons in charge of huawei, nvidia, google and other manufacturers to attend the meeting or announce cooperation on the spot. the united arab emirates, another major economy in the middle east, has also frequently appeared in the artificial intelligence competition. in 2023, the abu dhabi technology innovation institute tii of the united arab emirates launched the open source large parameter model falcon 180b, which attracted global attention. that year, the uae's artificial intelligence company g42 launched the open source arabic artificial intelligence language model jais.

judging from the direction of funds, the power of the middle east is also difficult to ignore. zhipu ai, one of the six large model unicorns in china, received funds from prosperity7, a fund managed by saudi aramco's venture capital department, in the latest round of financing. the latest news is that the newly established ai fund mgx in the uae hopes to participate in the latest financing of openai, which may push openai's valuation to us$150 billion.