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Emirates Post Issues Stamp Set Celebrating AI In UAE Schools
The release coincides with the rollout of artificial intelligence as a compulsory subject across public schools from kindergarten to Grade 12.
Emirates Post has issued a commemorative stamp set to mark the introduction of artificial intelligence as a mandatory subject in the UAE’s national school curriculum.
The release aligns with the nationwide rollout of AI education across government schools for the 2025–2026 academic year, covering students from kindergarten through Grade 12. The policy embeds AI into core learning as the country pushes to align education with its digital transformation agenda.
Launched under the banner “Year of Community – Education through Artificial Intelligence”, the four-stamp collection depicts technology-enabled classrooms. Students are shown interacting with smart devices, robotics and drones, reflecting the applied focus of the curriculum rather than abstract theory.
Education authorities have positioned the program around practical use and ethical awareness, aiming to equip students with problem-solving skills and the ability to engage responsibly with fast-moving technologies. The approach is intended to strengthen human capital as AI adoption accelerates across the economy.
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Emirates Post said the issue forms part of its role in recording major milestones in the UAE’s development, using stamps to reflect shifts in public policy and national priorities. The classroom rollout also supports the country’s bid to position itself as a global technology hub, as regional competition intensifies to build advanced digital skills from an early age.
The stamp collection is available at National Network for Logistics (NXN) branches and through the Emirates Post online store.
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At I/O 2026, Sundar Pichai Concedes AI Must Deliver Real Value
Gemini 3.5, a personal agent called Spark, agentic shopping, and Android XR eyewear are all aimed at making AI feel useful, not just impressive.
Google’s annual I/O developer conference (I/O 2026) has recently become a status update on the same question: can the company turn its AI spending into products people use every day? This year, chief executive Sundar Pichai described Google as being in a phase of hyper progress, while conceding this is the part of the cycle where people want to see real value in the products they use on a day-to-day basis.
The strategy on display was to push agents — AI systems that act on a user’s behalf — into nearly every Google product at once. Search now has an “intelligent search box” that returns generated explainer videos alongside links. Gmail, Docs, YouTube and Maps are gaining their own agent layers, including a Docs Live feature that turns spoken instructions into drafted text with citations.
Two new models, Gemini 3.5 and a cheaper Gemini 3.5 Flash, arrived the same day. Google says 900 million people now use Gemini, and that more than 50 billion images have been generated with it. The pricing tier names are likely to confuse buyers: a new AI Ultra plan launches at $100 a month, while the older Gemini AI Ultra drops from $250 to $200.
The flashier announcements were Gemini Omni, a video generator pitched as a more realistic answer to OpenAI’s discontinued Sora 2, and Gemini Spark, a personal agent that handles recurring tasks across a user’s Google account. A new universal shopping cart lets agents complete purchases across multiple retailers from inside Google itself, placing the company between the merchant and the buyer, and also owning the checkout.
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Google also confirmed its Android XR eyewear, built with Samsung and frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Audio-only glasses ship this autumn; a display-equipped version, which would superimpose live translations into the wearer’s field of view, is still in development. Both sets translate, however only the display version shows you the result.
What Pichai did not resolve is the bargain underneath all this. An agent is only useful to the degree it knows your calendar, your inbox, your shopping history and your physical surroundings. Google has now confirmed that, in time, the same context may carry advertising.
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