Governments around the world have spent decades outsourcing their ability to think to expensive consultants, gradually ceding the knowledge and judgment needed to govern effectively. AI may now offer a way to reverse that trend, and Gulf countries are providing an early glimpse of what that may look like.
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14 July 2026 Pilot to take place at the ECB and several Eurosystem national central banks to test digital euro functionalities Over 50 applications received, reflecting strong market interest and engagement Selected participants span a broad range of business models and sizes and offer broad geographical coverage The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected 36…
The index that spent this week absorbing a war premium trades near 52,000 on Friday, around 325 points to the good side, on the strength of a wire report that its own three sources undercut in the same breath. Pakistan is exploring a route back to stalled US-Iran talks at China’s urging, and those sources…
Gold (XAU/USD) price retreats on Friday during the North American session, pressured by US President Donald Trump’s comments allowing the resumption of US-Iran talks, but reiterating that the ceasefire is “over.” The XAU/USD pair trades at around $4,103, down 0.48%. XAU/USD falls as renewed war risks lift yields and Dollar The yellow metal seems poised…
en English Innovation Jul 22, 2026 Vivek Badrinath Many developing economies cannot access large language models, most of which have been trained on datasets in English. To build scalable and inclusive LLMs for countries with minority languages, policymakers’ best bet is…