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1️⃣ 🤝 Adobe and Real Madrid Expand Partnership

Real Madrid C.F. and Adobe announced an expanded collaboration today. The partnership will integrate Adobe Experience Cloud into the club's digital properties. This move aims to deliver highly personalized, AI-driven experiences for fans in real-time. The goal is to deepen global fan engagement by providing relevant, impactful content across all digital channels.

2️⃣ 🌍 Vodacom and Google Cloud to Advance AI in Africa

Vodacom Group has partnered with Google Cloud to drive generative AI adoption across the African continent. Announced today, the deal will provide AI solutions to businesses of all sizes. Vodacom plans to build a scaled AI platform on Google Cloud. This will improve customer service and unlock new enterprise opportunities using advanced AI.

3️⃣ 🤝 Gomboc AI and Carahsoft Partner for Public Sector

Gomboc AI and Carahsoft announced a new partnership today. Carahsoft will serve as Gomboc's Public Sector IT Aggregator, making its AI platform available to government agencies. The platform provides deterministic AI automation for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). This will help public sector DevSecOps teams to secure cloud infrastructure and automate remediation.

4️⃣ 📈 Comviva Launches GenAI-Powered Mobilytix Platform

Comviva announced its new generative AI-driven MarTech platform, Mobilytix, today. The solution leverages advanced AI to boost marketer conversion rates and customer retention. It enables teams to create more intelligent and faster campaigns with minimal manual effort. The platform seeks to transform customer engagement by automating personalized marketing strategies.

5️⃣ 🌏 VEON and MeetKai Partner for Sovereign AI in Asia

VEON and MeetKai revealed a new partnership today to deploy sovereign AI solutions across Central and South Asia. The agreement involves integrating MeetKai's advanced AI models into VEON's existing platforms. This will serve millions of users while maintaining data sovereignty. The collaboration aims to deliver localized, autonomous AI for regional digital services.

6️⃣ 💰 Clover Security Launches with $36M

Product security company Clover launched today with $36 million in funding led by Notable Capital and Team8. The company aims to secure the new wave of AI-native software development. Clover embeds AI agents into developer tools like Jira and GitHub. These agents detect design flaws early, helping developers build secure products from the start.

7️⃣ 📱 Ooredoo CEO: AI is "Mobile's 3G Moment"

At the MWC25 Doha opening, Ooredoo CEO Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo called AI the “mobile’s 3G moment,” stating that it represents a pivotal shift much like how 3G unlocked the mobile internet and the entire app economy. He emphasized that AI will soon become a universal, accessible tool, while noting that the main hurdles holding back its full potential are shortages in talent and compute power.

8️⃣ 🛡️ AI Deepfake Fraud Attacks Increase 180%

A new Sumsub report published today highlights a "sophistication shift" in AI-powered fraud. While total identity fraud attempts saw a minor decline, the most advanced attacks surged. Sophisticated methods, including AI-driven deepfakes and synthetic identities, have jumped by 180%. The findings show a gap between threat awareness and effective real-world defense implementation.

9️⃣ 🤝 ScanTech AI and unival group Announce Security Partnership

ScanTech AI Systems revealed a strategic partnership with Germany's unival group today. The collaboration merges ScanTech's AI-based CT security screening technology with unival's integration services. Per the deal, unival is now the official integrator for ScanTech's AI threat detection systems. The agreement covers markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

🔟 🇦🇺 Australia to Launch National AI Safety Institute

The Australian government announced today it is establishing a new national body for AI safety. The Australian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) will monitor and respond to AI-related risks. The institute will be responsible for testing emerging AI technologies, sharing information on harms, and helping to ensure "fit-for-purpose" protections for the public.

1️⃣1️⃣ 📊 GSMA Report: MENA Leads World in AI Adoption

The GSMA published a new report at MWC25 Doha today, showing the MENA region is outpacing global peers in AI adoption. The study found that 39% of enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa are already using generative AI at an advanced stage. The GCC was highlighted as a global leader, with Qatar specifically noted for its high AI usage.

1️⃣2️⃣ 💰 Vijil Raises $17M for AI Agent Security

AI security startup Vijil announced a $17 million funding round today. The company is building a "trust infrastructure" for AI agents, focusing on reliability and safety. This new capital will expand its AI agent resiliency platform. The platform automates testing, monitoring, and defense mechanisms to make AI agents more trustworthy for enterprise use.

📗 Book Summary: The Motivation Myth — How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
Author: Jeff Haden

🧠 Main Idea:
The book argues that motivation doesn’t magically appear before you start — real motivation comes after you take action. Success is built through consistent effort, small wins, and simple habits — not sudden bursts of inspiration.

🔍 Key Concepts:

• Motivation Follows Action:
  You don’t wait to feel motivated — you start, and motivation grows from progress.

• The Power of Small Wins:
  Achievers break big goals into tiny steps, creating a constant stream of momentum.

• Process Over Goals:
  Goals give direction, but daily routines and systems produce actual results.

• Consistency Beats Intensity:
  Regular, repeated effort matters more than occasional big pushes.

• Confidence Comes From Proof:
  You build confidence by doing — not by believing or visualizing alone.

🌱 Core Lessons:

• Start first, motivation comes later.

• Focus on systems and habits, not just goals.

• Momentum from small wins creates unstoppable progress.

• Anyone can achieve big success through steady, simple steps.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 AI TOOLS

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