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.



Europe Just Had Warmest March on Record 

A person poses for a picture near pink cherry blossom trees on Cherry Blossom Avenue in downtown Bonn, Germany, April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
A person poses for a picture near pink cherry blossom trees on Cherry Blossom Avenue in downtown Bonn, Germany, April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
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Europe Just Had Warmest March on Record 

A person poses for a picture near pink cherry blossom trees on Cherry Blossom Avenue in downtown Bonn, Germany, April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
A person poses for a picture near pink cherry blossom trees on Cherry Blossom Avenue in downtown Bonn, Germany, April 7, 2025. (Reuters)

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday.

Globally, last month was the planet's second-warmest March on record - exceeded only by March in 2024, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.

March continued a run of extraordinary heat, in which 20 of the last 21 months saw an average global temperature of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (35 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. Last year was the planet's hottest on record.

The global average temperature in March was 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than in pre-industrial times.

The main driver of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to the scientific consensus among climate scientists.

Samantha Burgess, strategic lead at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which runs the C3S service, noted that Europe also experienced extremes in both heavy rain and drought.

Europe last month recorded "many areas experiencing their driest March on record and others their wettest March on record for at least the past 47 years," Burgess said.

Climate change is making some regions drier, and fueling the heatwaves that can make droughts more severe, by enhancing evaporation rates, drying out soil and vegetation.

But the warming of the planet also exacerbates the heavy rainfall that can cause flooding. That's because warmer air holds more moisture, so storm clouds are "heavier" before they eventually break.

Arctic sea ice fell to its lowest monthly extent last month for any March in the 47-year record of satellite data, C3S said. The previous three months had all also set a record low for the respective month.

C3S' temperature records go back to 1940, and are cross-checked with global temperature records going back to 1850.