Will the Gulf’s push for its own AI succeed?

2026-02-10 - 15:05

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. Bitcoin loses half its value in three months amid crypto crunch How cryptocurrency’s second-largest coin missed out on the industry’s boom Files cast light on Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to cryptocurrency Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup? Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future Social media companies are being sued for harming their users’ mental health – but are the platforms addictive? Anthropic’s launch of AI legal tool hits shares in European data companies Continue reading...