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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title Will the Gulf’s push for its own AI succeed? Source The Guardian - World News
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Tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta to collectively invest $600bn on artificial intelligence this year

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Today in tech, we’re discussing the Persian Gulf countries making a play for sovereignty over their own artificial intelligence in response to an unstable United States. That, and US tech giants’ plans to spend more than $600bn this year alone.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/09/us-tech-ai-companies-gulf-states Published At 2026-02-10 09:45:34 (19 hours ago)
Created At 2026-02-10 10:02:26 Updated At 2026-02-10 10:02:26