ST Engineering to bolster smart cities in Saudi Arabia

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Sep 12, 2024
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Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: ST Engineering, a global company specializing in aerospace, smart city as well as defense and public security sectors, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) to bolster smart cities in the Kingdom.

This agreement targets exchanging knowledge related to smart cities and developing smart traffic systems to manage traffic in Saudi cities efficiently, the authority announced in a statement.

The MoU was signed by Hotham Altwaijry, Assistant Director for Advanced Recognition Technologies and Digital Identity (iDART), during the Global AI Summit.

This partnership aims to enhance cooperation in different fields, including digital identity and AI video analysis.

The third edition of the Global AI Summit took place in Riyadh from 10 to 12 September, gathering global figures, economic policymakers, and artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from 100 countries.

It aimed to tackle challenges in AI development and address several issues such as human capacities, technical infrastructure, ethics, bias and fairness, national security, information security, and the economic and social impacts of AI.


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