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U.S. Start-Up Partners With Saudi Arabia for Data Center

Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass U.S. backlash over data centers.

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Many of Saudi Arabia’s new data centers are being built by Humain, which was started last year as part of the country’s effort to jump-start its A.I. industry and diversify its economy away from oil.
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Saudi Response to Houthis’ Attacks on Ships May Be a New War

Analysts say that weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets have brought the kingdom and the Iranian-backed militia to the brink of full-blown conflict, and could open a new front in the Iran war.

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A demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, in support of the Houthi militia last month. The Houthis, who control northern Yemen on Saudi Arabia’s southern border, are supported by Iran.
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