artificial intelligence

Egyptian president meets with representatives of 'unicorn startup companies' in Dubai

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 - 01:44 GMT

That was on the sidelines of UAE’s World Government Summit held in Dubai.

Egypt targets increasing AI contribution to GDP to 7.7% by 2030 - IDSC

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 - 01:01 GMT

This requires attaining tangible progress in digital transformation and collecting useful data, on which the AI applications depend, added the IDSC in its newly-issued series of "Visions on Road to Development".

ICT minister announces launch of AI platform

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 - 04:38 GMT

The platform also provides an opportunity for exchanging views and expertise among stakeholders, i.e. the government, public and private sectors, academia, and startups, on AI issues, especially those related to the opportunities enabled by such technology and the principles and ethics of its use, the minister said.

Digital Egypt Builders Initiative partners up with South Korean university in AI master's program

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 - 10:44 GMT

The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology signed on Tuesday an MoU with South Korea's Pusan National University.

Egypt’s Communications Ministry, France’s Thales sign MoU to develop apps, build capacity in AI

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 - 09:42 GMT

The MoU supports cooperation in developing Artificial Intelligence-powered applications in different realms.

Egypt, Canada discuss cooperaton chances in Artifical Intelligence

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 - 10:52 GMT

The meeting tackled ways of supporting the Egyptian national strategy for AI.

Egypt takes great steps to implement its artificial intelligence strategy: Minister

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 - 02:53 GMT

Egypt has established the Applied Innovation Center (AIC) with the aim of implementing several artificial intellegenc projects, Talaat added.

Egypt to introduce artificial intelligence in irrigation water management

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 - 12:51 GMT

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology signed a cooperation protocol.

Artificial Intelligence in the Spotlight

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 - 11:14 GMT

Egypt is giving more attention to AI, aiming to increase its contribution of GDP to 7.7 percent by 2030.

WYF is an opportunity to tackle comprehensive topics: Sisi

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 - 11:43 GMT

Sisi’s speech came during the session "Artificial Intelligence & Humans: Who is in Control?",

Sisi urges drafting project to identify talents in scientific fields

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 - 10:08 GMT

Sisi on Sunday urged drafting a national project to identify and care for talented people in the Egyptian society in the scientific and academic fields.

Cabinet approves establishing national artificial intelligence council

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 03:11 GMT

The new national body will be responsible for outlining the national strategy for artificial intelligence and overseeing its implementation in a way that copes up with the international developments in this field.

First ever Egyptian AI faculty inaugurated

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 - 02:51 GMT

The class of 2019/2020 will be its first as it accepts students who had math as concentration in high school.

Protocol signed for training banking sector’s staffers on artificial intelligence

Sat, 11 May 2019 - 08:28 GMT

Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tarek Amer and Communications Minister Amr Talaat witnessed on Friday the signing ceremony of a cooperation protocol on training the banking sector staffers about information security, data analysis and artifici

Investing in artificial intelligence is essential for health care: British entrepreneur

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 - 01:36 GMT

Artificial intelligence can revolutionize the health care field inthe upcoming 10 or 15 years.

Trump administration will allow AI to 'freely develop' in U.S. -official

Wed, 09 May 2018 - 10:00 GMT

The Trump administration will not stand in the way of the development of artificial intelligence in the United States, a top official said on Thursday.

Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug

Tue, 08 May 2018 - 10:57 GMT

Google unveiled an AI tool capable of handling routine tasks, as a way to help people disconnect from their smartphone screens.

Is the evolution of Artificial Intelligence threatening humanity?

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 03:48 GMT

This rapid evolution leads to one question asked by many experts: is humanity in danger because of the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Tech leaders warn against 'Pandora's box' of robotic weapons

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 - 09:37 GMT

Elon Musk is leading demands for a global ban on killer robots.

Google's AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No. 1

Sat, 27 May 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after roundly defeating the world's top player.

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