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LLM safety training suppresses cultural knowledge, new study finds
A new research paper titled "The Alignment Veto" explores how safety training in large language models can suppress cultural knowledge, particularly in MENA countries. The study, involving 26 models and over 1.5 million…
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Gulf's secondaries market surges as investors seek liquidity
The secondaries market in the Gulf region is rapidly expanding, moving from a niche financial area to a significant capital allocation channel. This growth is driven by a slowdown in traditional exit routes like IPOs, m…
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MENA AI funding sees fewer deals despite high dollar inflow
In the first half of 2026, the MENA region experienced a paradoxical trend in venture capital funding for AI. Despite half of all VC dollars flowing into AI, the number of transactions significantly decreased.
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New benchmark reveals cross-modal instability in AI models
Researchers have developed a new benchmark called "Said Aloud, Read Different" to test the cross-modal stability of multimodal AI models. This benchmark uses a dataset of 10,150 culturally grounded images from 18 MENA c…
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Annalect and Snowflake partner for MENA agentic AI
Annalect has partnered with Snowflake to create a unified customer data platform for the Middle East and North Africa region. This collaboration aims to streamline fragmented data, enabling the use of agentic AI for adv…