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ANALYSIS · AI SAFETY & HEALTHCAREAI and Mental Health — The Promise, the Risk, and What Must Change
By late 2025, 1.2 million people per week were discussing suicide with ChatGPT. Not a single one of 29 AI chatbots tested provided an adequate crisis response. The technology…
PERSPECTIVE · HEALTHCARE & HUMAN TECHNOLOGYThe Gulf's Quiet Healthcare Crisis — and Why AI Is the Only Answer That Scales
The Middle East has the capital, the infrastructure ambition, and the political will. What it has lacked is the right technology, built the right way, for a market that is unlike…
PERSPECTIVE · SOVEREIGN MARKETS & ENTERPRISE STRATEGYWhy Sovereign Deals in the Gulf Are Unlike Any Enterprise Sale You've Done Before
The playbook that works in Frankfurt, Singapore or Chicago will not work in Abu Dhabi or Riyadh. Here's what changes — and what it takes to…
PERSPECTIVE · AI & ETHICSWhen the Pope Calls Your Company to the Vatican — Pay Attention
On May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV launched his first encyclical on artificial intelligence with Anthropic's co-founder at the podium. That detail tells you everything about where…
PERSPECTIVE · AI & EMERGING TECHNOLOGYThe Room Where It Happens — and Who Isn't In It
The Gulf is the world's most aggressive AI investor. The deals are being signed now. And the most capable AI companies are, for the most part, still watching from…
INTELLIGENCE · AI GOVERNANCEThe Gulf Just Got a Regulator
On June 14, 2026, the UAE created a single national authority for AI, data, and digital government — reporting directly to Cabinet, with a mandate to govern half of all government…
ANALYSIS · AI & ETHICSThe Mother of All Mission Drifts
OpenAI was founded to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity — safely. In nine years it removed the word "safely," disbanded its safety team, converted to…
PERSPECTIVE · AI & HUMAN RIGHTSAI Is Not a Product. It Is Infrastructure. And Infrastructure Is a Right.
The world's most authoritative bodies — the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Vatican — have arrived at the same conclusion: when artificial intelligence mediates access…