Sovereignty in the AI age: A foundation for the Gulf’s next phase of innovation

Abdelilah Nejjari, Managing Director, Gulf, Levant, Türkiye, Caucasus and Central Asia, Cisco , outlines how the value AI can deliver for the region depends on the security, privacy and control of data in this exclusive op-ed. For years, discussions surrounding digital infrastructure in the Gulf have largely focused on pace: how quickly services could be digitised, networks expanded and new technologies adopted. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the nature of that discussion.