Gulf states spending big on AI: Opportunity or oppression?

The world’s best-known arbiter of artificial intelligence isn’t sure if the new technology might not pose a danger to people in the Middle East.
“There have been reports and concerns raised about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia that involve the use of digital technologies,” ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence language model that’s been making international headlines since it was introduced last November, replies when a DW journalist asks whether it might cause problems in the Middle East. But, the robotic assistant added, “it is important to note that these reports and allegations are not limited to artificial intelligence specifically but encompass a broader range of digital technologies and their potential misuse.”
Recent high-profile cases involving Saudi Arabia include the country using digital technologies to spy on dissidents and their families overseas, as well as trying to infiltrate Twitter in order to identify government opponents using anonymous accounts.
This is why there are concerns about what the country’s government might do with its increasingly rapid deployment of artificial intelligence, or AI, a technology whose implications are already regularly questioned by digital rights activists.
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