Overview
- Major consultancies have kept base salaries flat for a third year, with offers for 2026 showing no increases and firms signaling more cautious graduate hiring, according to FT-cited data from Management Consulted.
- Accenture is working with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to tens of thousands of staff across consulting, operations and delivery, with the company highlighting faster client outcomes.
- Mohammed bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence announced the Tahnoon bin Zayed scholarship to support about 350 exceptional undergraduates over six years starting in the 2025–2026 academic year.
- Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Foundation for SMEs and Google launched a pilot to equip 10 Emirati companies with AI-enabled marketing tools, ad credits and expert mentoring, with the model designed for later scaling.
- Abu Dhabi’s Tadweer is developing an AI platform to forecast waste generation for five-year planning, and the federal pensions authority said it has zeroed eight high‑use services under the national drive to cut bureaucracy.