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Naver creates digital twins for Mecca, Medina and Jeddah

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HUMAIN & AMD to build 6GW data centre network

Middle East AI News Minute - an artificial intelligence news roundup by Carrington Malin - brought to you by Carrington Maylin - Marketing for an AI First World. In this podcast: UAE IT leaders back Agentic AI but face compliance gaps; Oracle opens new R&D hub in Casablanca; Darwinz AI secures $325k Seed round.

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UAE IT leaders back Agentic AI but face compliance gaps

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HUMAIN Create launched to revolutionise creative content

Middle East AI News Minute - an artificial intelligence news roundup by Carrington Malin - brought to you by Carrington Maylin - Marketing for an AI First World. In this podcast: UAE pioneers world's first government-wide AI advisory; AI emerging key pillar for Saudi venture capital; Saudi students develop traffic safety system.

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UAE pioneers world's first government-wide AI advisory

Hamas’ October 7, 2023, paradigm-shifting attack has prompted Israel to change its defense doctrine with devastating consequences for the Middle East.

No longer satisfied with operating on the principle of deterrence, involving regular strikes against Hamas in Gaza and Lebanon, militant Palestinian groups in the West Bank, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Iranian targets in Syria and the Islamic Republic, and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, Israel’s new defense doctrine focuses on militarily emasculating its opponents.

The new doctrine, focused on kinetic rather than negotiated solutions, has driven Israeli military operations since the Hamas attack broke a psychological barrier by successfully breaching Israeli defences and invading Israeli territory. 

Hamas and other Palestinians killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the attack.

Israel’s subsequent decimation of Hamas and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militia and political movement, with little regard for the cost to innocent human lives, offered proof of concept for a strategy that involves killing top leaders and destroying military infrastructure based on the Jewish state’s military and intelligence superiority.

In addition to the devastation of Gaza in a bid to destroy Hamas militarily and politically and the weakening of Hezbollah, Israel has destroyed much of the Syrian military arsenal and infrastructure since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. Now, it is targeting Iran’s military command, missile and launcher arsenal, and nuclear facilities.

“The unexpected degree of success…reduced Israeli wariness about launching a similar campaign against Iran, despite expectations that a severe Iranian response might still be forthcoming,” said Michael Koplow, chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum.

Alarmingly, Israel’s newly conceived dominance-driven military assertiveness has fueled public anger and widespread anticipation of war across the Middle East.


Israel’s defense doctrine aims for emasculation, not deterrence

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Aramco doubles tech returns as AI strategy pays off

The targeted sites by the US attack on Iran are Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan. Fordo is one of Iran's key uranium enrichment facilities, located underground in the southwest of Tehran.  Natanz is another major enrichment site, which is located southeast of Tehran. Uranium had been enriched to up to 60 per cent purity at the site before Israeli strikes targeted parts of it.

Iran says US strikes caused minimal damage to nuclear sites

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Saudi Arabia's Elm opens office in Oman

"Overall, the scene [in Saudi Arabia] is still finding its identity. At times, it can feel a bit scattered or uncertain, but that’s a natural part of any new movement — especially in a country where this type of culture is just beginning to take root. The community is still relatively small; there’s a strong sense of connection. A lot of people know each other, and that adds to the vibe. It feels fresh, intimate, and like something meaningful is being built from the ground up." - Erizo

Read the full interview -> https://edmidentity.com/2025/06/23/this-is-home-106-erizo-riyadh/

This Is Home 106 || Erizo [Riyadh]

The Middle East AI News Minute gives you a daily one-minute daily briefing on the top AI-related stories coming out of the Middle East. If you are a busy technology, business or government leader who want to get a quick update, then this is the podcast for you.

Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and  Shifting Sands, Essays on Sports and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

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