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UAE-Produced “Mansour: Age Of AI” Premieres On Shahid & MBC3
The freshly reimagined version of the beloved children’s series explores themes including technology, friendship, and Emirati culture.
Bidaya Media and MBC Group have announced the release of the hotly anticipated “Mansour: Age of AI” an exciting new animated series produced in the United Arab Emirates.
The cartoon premiered on Sunday, September 15, and is now streaming on the Shahid platform, reaching audiences throughout the Middle East and North Africa, primarily in Arabic. Additionally, “Mansour: Age of AI” will air on MBC3 TV starting in October.
“We are excited to bring Mansour: Age of AI to leading streaming platforms and kids TV channels, such as Shahid and MBC3 respectively, across the MENA region in both Arabic and English,” announced Noura Al Hammadi, General Manager of Bidaya Media, adding: “This series not only entertains but also educates young people on crucial issues today that will increasingly be part of their lives in the coming years, which is central to Bidaya’s commitment to supporting young people across the region”.
“Mansour: Age of AI” is a fresh reimagining of the well-loved children’s cartoon “Mansour,” which has captured the hearts of millions across the Middle East and beyond. Celebrated for promoting Arabic culture, the original series not only received numerous awards but also amassed a staggering 3.3 billion online views.
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The reboot centers around Mansour, a 12-year-old tech-savvy boy, and Blink, a cheeky AI companion, as they explore the rapidly evolving world of futuristic technology.
Produced with support from Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, “Mansour: Age of AI” masterfully weaves humor and adventure into its storylines while highlighting the vital themes of friendship and human connections in an increasingly tech-driven society. The series is not only entertaining for young audiences but also imparts valuable lessons on life and relationships while preparing future generations for a dynamic and diverse world centered around sustainability, AI, and even space travel.
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Google Releases Veo 2 AI Video Tool To MENA Users
The state-of-the-art video generation model is now available in Gemini, offering realistic AI-generated videos with better physics, motion, and detail.
Starting today, users of Gemini Advanced in the MENA region — and globally — can tap into Veo 2, Google’s next-generation video model.
Originally unveiled in 2024, Veo 2 has now been fully integrated into Gemini, supporting multiple languages including Arabic and English. The rollout now brings Google’s most advanced video AI directly into the hands of everyday users.
Veo 2 builds on the foundations of its predecessor with a more sophisticated understanding of the physical world. It’s designed to produce high-fidelity video content with cinematic detail, realistic motion, and greater visual consistency across a wide range of subjects and styles. Whether recreating natural landscapes, human interactions, or stylized environments, the model is capable of interpreting and translating written prompts into eight-second 720p videos that feel almost handcrafted.
Users can generate content directly through the Gemini platform — either via the web or mobile apps. The experience is pretty straightforward: users enter a text-based prompt, and Veo 2 returns a video in 16:9 landscape format, delivered as an MP4 file. These aren’t just generic clips — they can reflect creative, abstract, or highly specific scenarios, making the tool especially useful for content creators, marketers, or anyone experimenting with visual storytelling.
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To ensure transparency, each video is embedded with SynthID — a digital watermark developed by Google’s DeepMind. The watermark is invisible to the human eye but persists across editing, compression, and sharing. It identifies the video as AI-generated, addressing concerns around misinformation and media authenticity.
While Veo 2 is still in its early phases of public rollout, the technology is part of a broader push by Google to democratize advanced AI tools. With text-to-image, code generation, and now video creation integrated into Gemini, Google is positioning the platform as a full-spectrum creative assistant.
Access to Veo 2 starts today and will continue expanding in the coming weeks. Interested users can try it out at gemini.google.com or through the Gemini app on Android and iOS.
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