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How insurance firms can prepare themselves for the changes hitting their industry

With AI set to take over thousands of jobs not only in the region but across the world, many are asking the obvious questions of what this means for workers, and if workers are at risk of losing their job in the near future.

With the objective to become "the world's go-to solution for traffic acquisition," entrepreneur Moustafa Mahmoud founded Cognitev, a tech startup working on artificial intelligence (AI)- powered marketing tools.

Your future AI expertise depends only on whether you will take a plunge and invest your time in learning more about it.

AI sees data whereas humans sense emotion and this is something that will not be changing in the foreseeable future.

The nine-week program was held at its headquarters in collaboration with 12 government entities and 37 local and international companies.

While the conversational interface might not replace web/mobile in anytime soon, it still has the potential to go mainstream in near future.

If you think about your everyday life, it is almost certain that AI-based technologies are an integral part of your everyday experience.

It's predicted that by 2030, AI will be responsible for adding over US$15 trillion to the global economy. Within the same amount of time, blockchain will contribute $3.1 trillion to business valuations.

Dubai-based Twistar is developing a smart customer feedback device to really understand their customers.

The world is watching the Emirates when it comes to the future of healthcare– after all, it's hard to think of a sector that is growing more quickly with more technological advances.

The investment landscape is also being affected by AI- after all, AI can read and understand billions of pieces of data, which means one can spot trends better with its aid.

After receiving more than 300 submissions for the 2018 edition of Dubai Smartpreneur Competition, Dubai Startup Hub brought together the 50 top shortlisted startups for a pitching session at Dubai Chamber headquarters to select ten who'd then move to the final round.

As a mobile app that made use of AI to auto-summarize meetings, Wrappup fits it neatly with Voicera's own offering, which leverages a combination of voice recognition, natural language processing, and machine learning to provide attendees of a meeting with a full recording and transcription, as well as high accuracy meeting highlights.

Open to all entrepreneurs based in the UAE, this year, the competition's categories are on startups who have concepts in the field of blockchain, artificial intelligence and digital transportation.

Are you planning to invest in e-commerce? Discerning that a dot-com collapse is looming, and e-commerce as we know it will end due to disruptive AI, you should proceed with care.

Inserting microchips to humans may sound like a plot straight out of a sci-fi television series like Black Mirror, but that reality is now here.

The UAE will place itself as a leading destination for AI investment, while creating a new, high-value domestic market.

Adaptability and constant curiosity will be the hallmarks of successful communicators and marketers in 2018.

In this episode of #EntMETalks, at this year's Cityscape, Wesam Lootah, CEO of Dubai Smart Government, discusses the growth trajectory of the implementation of blockchain in Dubai.

If you're an investor looking to capitalize on these significant growth, head to the third edition of the Sharjah FDI Forum.