SDAIA, EU Experts Discuss Future of AI Technologies in Visual Arts

The meeting was held at the headquarters of SDAIA - SPA
The meeting was held at the headquarters of SDAIA - SPA
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SDAIA, EU Experts Discuss Future of AI Technologies in Visual Arts

The meeting was held at the headquarters of SDAIA - SPA
The meeting was held at the headquarters of SDAIA - SPA

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority "SDAIA" hosted a meeting between a number of artificial intelligence specialists in SDAIA and art experts at the National Institutes of Culture of the European Union.

During the meeting, they discussed the project of the future of visual arts in light of the renewed uses of AI technologies, in addition to reviewing the global “AI Artathon” initiative presented by SDAIA for creative artists in various fields of art from around the world, SPA reported.

 

The meeting, held at the headquarters of SDAIA, discussed the relationship between AI technologies and visual and audio arts in addition to aesthetic arts, and how these technologies can be utilized to serve and contribute to the creation of new forms of art that are no less creative than those produced by human senses in forming artistic images.

They also discussed the mechanism and the future of the AI Artathon initiative.

The European participants expressed their admiration for the AI Artathon initiative, which provided creators from various countries around the world with the opportunity to showcase their artistic abilities and create works of art using artificial intelligence and Artathon technologies.

This initiative is one of the cognitive initiatives of SDAIA that aligns with the Kingdom's cultural character.

It has been integrated with the artistic aspect to reflect artistic concepts that draw inspiration from various Saudi cultural fields, particularly in natural heritage, heritage and archaeological sites, social heritage, and visual arts.

The delegation of National Culture Institutes of the European Union included French experts who closely examined the rich experience of SDAIA in the AI Artathon.

The first edition of the AI Artathon was launched in 2021 with the participation of 60 countries and 300 experts in data science, AI, and artists who competed to create the best visual art using AI technologies.



More than 700 People Evacuated as Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano Spews Ash

Lava flows down from the crater of the "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)
Lava flows down from the crater of the "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)
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More than 700 People Evacuated as Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano Spews Ash

Lava flows down from the crater of the "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)
Lava flows down from the crater of the "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)

Guatemala's Fuego volcano shot ash miles into the air on Friday as authorities said they had evacuated more than 700 people from their homes as a precaution. 

A lava stream was building up around the crater of the volcano, which lies about 18 km (11 miles) from the central city of Antigua Guatemala, seismology agency INSIVUMEH said. 

Some ash plumes reached around 5 km into the air, it added 

Authorities have been warning of increased activity around the active volcano this week. 

"We have evacuated over 700 people who have spent the night in shelters. We evacuated them as a precaution," disaster agency CONRED said on Friday. 

People had been moved from the nearby areas of Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango, it added. 

In a report shortly after midnight on Friday, INSIVUMEH said a lava flow could be seen stretching to around 1.2 km. 

"This continues to accumulate in an unstable manner around the crater and in the high parts of the ravines, which could collapse and cause more pyroclastic flows," it said. 

Fuego is known for its frequent activity. In June 2018, its most violent eruption in about four decades killed more than 200 people. 

Around the size of the US state of Tennessee, the Central American nation is home to 37 volcanoes, though many of them are considered dormant or extinct.