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Saudi Arabia Launches Summer 2024 eSports World Cup
Football megastar Ronaldo was in attendance, and was honored to meet His Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
On Monday, October 23, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced the launch of the eSports World Cup. The event will be held annually from Summer 2024 in the Kingdom’s capital, Riyadh.
The eSports World Cup is the largest of its kind and will help to consolidate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s position as an international pro gaming hub. The event will include games across a wide range of genres, with players competing for the largest pool of prize money ever to be issued at this type of event.
According to Arab News, the newly announced World Cup should boost the Saudi Arabian GDP by over 13 billion USD while creating nearly 40,000 new jobs.
During the launch, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo, who was invited to the event. The star shared several images on social media and said he was honored to meet the Crown Prince.
The eSports World Cup launch also allowed Saudi Arabian officials to announce the establishment of the eSports World Cup Foundation, a non-profit organization to boost sustainability and cement the Kingdom’s place as a global gaming hub.
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The Saudi government is currently going to great lengths to promote the growth of the local gaming industry through its National Gaming and Esports Strategy.
Saudi Arabia is already home to the MENA’s leading gaming industry. The country has around 21 million gamers (nearly 58% of the population) and is the 19th biggest gaming market in the world, with a projected value of $2.6 billion by 2027 — a growth rate of 7.5% per year.
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YouTube Tests Conversational AI Search Tool
Google trials Ask YouTube, a feature blending AI summaries with video results to reshape search on the platform.
YouTube is testing a conversational AI search feature, the latest step in Google’s push to rework how users find content.
Called “Ask YouTube,” the tool is rolling out to Premium subscribers in the US aged 18 and over, available through June 8. It lets users type more detailed queries and get a mix of text summaries and relevant video clips, with the option to ask follow-up questions.
Google says the feature returns “comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow ups to dive deeper”.
The tool sits inside YouTube Labs. Once enabled, a new button appears in the search bar with suggested prompts, or users can enter their own. Some queries produce structured answers with timestamps pointing to key moments in videos. Others fall back to a standard list of clips.
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Early testing has exposed familiar problems. One query surfaced incorrect information, yet again highlighting the ongoing accuracy issues with AI-generated responses.
Google is steadily folding AI into all of its core products. On YouTube, the game plan is simple: make search faster, keep users watching longer. Whether viewers accept that trade-off is less certain.
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