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Egypt Enters "Tortoise Media" List of Artificial Intelligence


Fri 04 Dec 2020 | 03:46 PM
Omnia Ahmed

Egypt, along with other six Arab countries, entered, Thursday, the list of "Tortoise media" for artificial intelligence, declaring  US in the lead, followed by China, and Britain.

"Tortoise Intelligence" Global Index  counts more than 143 measures of the level of investment, innovation and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies through different criteria, such as infrastructure strength, operational environment, as well as research and development.

Tortoise's index declared US the prominent leader, followed by China in the second place, while UK occupied the third place.

The Global Index

Saudi Arabia ranked first in the Arab world, while it ranked 22nd globally in the global index of artificial intelligence, UAE came in second place among Arab countries and 36 in the world.

Bahrain ranked 50 in the world, Tunisia ranked 53, Morocco ranked 57, and Egypt ranked 58.

Earlier, Saudi Arabia announced that it intends to invest $ 20 billion in artificial intelligence technology over the next ten years.

The Kingdom held, in October 21-22, the World Summit on Artificial Intelligence, under the slogan “Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Mankind.”

The Saudi Press Agency stated that the summit aimed to build important global dialogues, whether in terms of recovering from the pandemic or the trends that shape the field of artificial intelligence, during which the strategic considerations are necessary to establish an effective and influential system for artificial intelligence.

“Saudi Arabia will invest $20 billion from now until 2030,” according to Abdullah al-Ghamdi, head of the Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), which was established in 2019.

“We aspire to have artificial intelligence as a component of an alternative economy through start-ups and innovation companies, and consider artificial intelligence as a source of savings and additional income,” he said during a G20 media briefing.