Khaleej Times : AI in Arabic? How Gulf could soon lead Artificial Intelligence race.

Publié le 1 février 2026 Mis à jour le 1 février 2026
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le 1 février 2026

Entretien avec Simone Vannuccini (GREDEG - Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS)

What began as a push to digitise economies has become a contest to build and even export intelligence that mirrors the region.

"Realistically‭, ‬it may take a three-to-five-year timeline for the Gulf to start exporting Arabic AI through licensed models‭, ‬APIs‭, ‬and enterprise tools‭, ‬as regional data ecosystems and partnerships mature‭. ‬Vannuccini believes in the long term‭, ‬the real value capture being for those that have stacks in datacenters and physical infrastructure‭."


Read this article in which Simone was interviewed about the development of artificial intelligence in the United Arab Emirates.

AI in Arabic? How Gulf could soon lead Artificial Intelligence race