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.



A River Overflows in Southern China, Stranding People and Turning Streets into Canals 

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view show floodwaters from a river overwhelmed towns following days of heavy rain, in Huaiji County, south China's Guangdong Province on June 19, 2025. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view show floodwaters from a river overwhelmed towns following days of heavy rain, in Huaiji County, south China's Guangdong Province on June 19, 2025. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
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A River Overflows in Southern China, Stranding People and Turning Streets into Canals 

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view show floodwaters from a river overwhelmed towns following days of heavy rain, in Huaiji County, south China's Guangdong Province on June 19, 2025. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view show floodwaters from a river overwhelmed towns following days of heavy rain, in Huaiji County, south China's Guangdong Province on June 19, 2025. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)

Rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate people and deliver food and water Wednesday after floodwaters overwhelmed towns in southern China's Guangdong province.

About 30,000 people have been evacuated in Huaiji County after days of heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV said.

More than half of the county's roads were submerged and power and internet outages were widespread.

The Suijiang River overflowed in an urban area, turning wide swaths of streets into canals. Aerial footage showed high-rise apartment buildings and leafy green trees sticking up from a sea of mud-colored water. In some parts, the water reached about halfway up the first floor and left only the tops of cars visible.

Huaiji County is near the border with the Guangxi region and about 140 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Guangzhou, a major industrial and port city that is the provincial capital.

Tropical storm Wutip brought heavy rain to the region and was followed by monsoon rains earlier this week. Five people died in Guangxi in two landslides triggered by the tropical storm last weekend.

A rescue worker interviewed on a livestream by the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper said his team needed to evacuate seriously ill patients from a hospital. The team had delivered milk powder and water to a woman with a newborn baby and was sending supplies to dozens of children and elderly people who were at a school.