Sovereign AI Infrastructure: Innovation City Ras Al Khaimah and Siada launched the Middle East’s first sovereign AI data centre, live and operational with NVIDIA B200 GPUs, positioning UAE-based compute and in-country data residency as the differentiator. Agentic AI for Government: G42’s Inception42 and Microsoft are teaming up to scale governed, in-country agentic AI, aiming to push 50% of federal operations to use AI agents within two years. Healthcare AI Adoption: startAD (with Google.org support) released an AI Adoption Barometer plus healthcare-focused playbooks to help UAE organisations move from pilots to real deployments. Cyber Resilience: Horizon3.ai’s UAE report says 66% of organisations faced cyberattacks in the past 24 months, with only 12% fully confident in defence—highlighting a readiness gap. Banking Tech Stability: ADCB said its mobile banking disruption is resolved and systems have been stable for four days, with no customer data or balances at risk. Smart Travel Upgrade: Dubai’s GDRFA says smart gates processed 9.4m travellers in six months using biometric clearance, urging pre-registration. Education Oversight: UAE MoHESR revoked Ajman’s Horizon University College licence and accreditation, halting activities and setting up student transfers. Underwater Drones Expansion: Fincantieri agreed to acquire four underwater tech firms to build a vertically integrated underwater operator for security, energy and critical infrastructure. AI Fraud Warning: A “Dubai Crown Prince” deepfake romance scam reportedly duped a Filipino worker into sending money via video calls.