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SDAIA Signs MoC with Japanese Company NEC to Develop AI Solutions

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SDAIA Signs MoC with Japanese Company NEC to Develop AI Solutions

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The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority "SDAIA" signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), biometrics, and "Internet of Things" with the Japanese company NEC, during the Saudi-Japanese round table meeting, organized by the Ministry of Investment in Jeddah, in the presence of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to the Kingdom Sunday.

Deputy Director of the National Information Center in SDAIA Mashari bin Ibrahim Al-Mashari represented “SDAIA” in the signing of the MoC, and the Senior Vice President of the company NEC, Naoki Yoshida, on behalf of it, SPA reported.

The MoC aims to discuss opportunities of mutual interest between the two sides and support innovation and innovative solutions for a number of applications such as; smart and safe cities, health applications, and logistics applications.

The memorandum will strengthen the " SDAIA " efforts in efficiently experimenting with technical solutions, leading the national trend for data and artificial intelligence, and achieving Saudi Vision 2030 to promote the Kingdom to data-based economies and enabling initiatives related to data and artificial intelligence.

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FILE PHOTO: A man leaves the US headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, US January 17, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO: A man leaves the US headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, US January 17, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A man leaves the US headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, US January 17, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal on the sale of TikTok if it were not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on Beijing last week.

Trump on Friday extended the deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States, allowing 75 more days to find a solution -- a day after imposing additional 34 percent duties on all Chinese imports.

"The report is that we had a deal, pretty much for TikTok, not a deal, but pretty close, and then China changed the deal because of tariffs. If I gave a little cut in tariffs, they'd approve that deal in 15 minutes, which shows you the power of tariffs," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

The hugely popular video-sharing app, which has more than 170 million American users, is under threat from a US law passed last year that orders TikTok to split from its Chinese owner ByteDance or get shut down in the United States.

Trump had insisted his administration was near a deal to find a buyer for TikTok and keep it from shutting down that would involve multiple investors, but gave few details.

ByteDance, while confirming that it was in talks with the US government towards finding a solution, warned that there remained "key matters" to solve.

"An agreement has not been executed" and whatever was decided would be "subject to approval under Chinese law," the company added.