Future of AI in focus at Web Summit Qatar 2025

The future of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the focus of tech entrepreneurs and financial backers gathered in Doha for the second annual Web Summit hosted by Qatar. The four-day digital technology and emerging innovation summit kicked off its second day on Monday, with attendees eyeing an AI environment being transformed rapidly. Leading entrepreneurs from around the world, including Alexander Wang, founder and CEO of Scale AI, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and general partner at Seven Seven Six, took centre stage at the event on the opening day. Reporting from Doha, Al Jazeera's Colin Baker said the summit is grappling with questions over the future of AI amid "companies and investors that are changing that landscape more rapidly than we expected". The United States and China are leading in preparedness for AI, said Wang of US company Scale AI.