Oracle to open region's first AI lab by end of January

Oracle will be opening the first artificial intelligence (AI) lab in the region at Dubai Internet City by end of January, a top executive said. Arun Khehar, senior vice-president of applications at Oracle Eastern Central Europe, Middle East, Africa, told Gulf News in an interview that the whole idea is focused on Dubai Government and Federal Government's stress on emerging technologies like AI, internet of things and blockchain. "This will be a key contribution to what the government plans to do. The lab will show the power of the technology to the customers. There will be industry solutions relevant to this part of the world," he said, adding that investments in AI will be integral to drive the future of cloud computing.