{"id":12606,"date":"2024-03-23T03:45:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2024-03-23T03:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:45:30","slug":"from-the-desert-to-silicon-valley-the-story-of-saudi-arabia-building-an-ai-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/from-the-desert-to-silicon-valley-the-story-of-saudi-arabia-building-an-ai-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Desert to Silicon Valley: The Story of Saudi Arabia Building an AI Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>jlk<\/strong> &#8211; In the midst of whispering sands and humming oil wells, Saudi Arabia is writing a new chapter in its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No longer a tale of flowing oil, but one of pulsating artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the same spirit as the miners of old who drilled the earth for &#8216;black gold&#8217;, this nation is now poised to unearth the potential of AI with a fresh investment of $40 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smart Investments for a Bright Future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the investment giant with assets reaching $925 billion, is now shifting its gaze from the gleam of oil to the glow of silicon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bold move, PIF is in discussions with Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, to establish a funding program that will focus on AI, chip manufacturing, and high-tech data storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Linear Cities and Grand Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dream is not confined to dizzying figures but is also realized in the form of NEOM, a grand city project planned to include a 170 km linear city known as The Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine, a city without cars, without roads, only artificial intelligence orchestrating the flow of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the journey towards the future, Saudi Arabia not only aims to be a player but also a coach in the high-tech league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With smart investments and bold steps, this nation is ready to transform &#8216;black gold&#8217; into &#8216;silicon brains&#8217;, opening a new chapter in the history of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And who knows, one day, when we speak of AI, we may remember this whispering desert as the place where artificial intelligence found its oasis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jlk &#8211; In the midst of whispering sands and humming oil wells, Saudi Arabia is writing a new chapter in its history. No longer a tale of flowing oil, but one of pulsating artificial intelligence (AI). With the same spirit as the miners of old who drilled the earth for &#8216;black gold&#8217;, this nation is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15045,15043],"class_list":["post-12606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sorotan","tag-ai-empire","tag-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jailangkung.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}