Artificial intelligence driving IT spending in UAE

Spending on IT across the UAE has been witnessing a steady increase, driven by businesses looking to increase efficiency, improve performance, and reduce costs, by investing in artificial intelligence systems, experts said. "We are definitely seeing a significant increase in AI adoption in the UAE," Ali Hyder, group chief executive officer of Focus Softnet, told Khaleej Times. "AI is changing the way we use technology and conduct business, communicate with our customers/vendors and analyse our data. It has the potential to bring change on a wide scale to organisations, where customer and operational data is primary to the business. AI presents organisations with tremendous opportunities to augment human capabilities across industries and this technology is transforming systems through creativity and agility."