Saudi Arabia Tourism: Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal
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Saudi Arabia Tourism: Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal

To witness the kingdom’s profound transformation and assess its ambitious tourism projects, a Times journalist spent a month on the road there. Here’s what he saw.
‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
Posted inArtificial Intelligence Colleges and Universities Computers and the Internet Deserts Entrepreneurship Foreign Investments internal-truncator International Relations King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ) Research Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia Start-ups United States International Relations

‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.