GCC Tech Talks
GCC Tech Talks is a Dubai-based podcast where the operators behind the GCC’s biggest tech and innovation moves share how they really do it. We cut through the hype to talk about what works, what doesn’t, and everything in between.
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Content Ownership in the AI Era: Code Licensing, Privacy & Regulations (opens the original)
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In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Mumtaz Kinston Pearson, Senior In-House Legal Counsel, joins Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman to explore the evolving intersection of law, intellectual property, and product development in the AI era. From AI copyright ownership and landmark legal cases like DABUS to enterprise vs. personal licensing, cross-border privacy regulations, and why legal must be integrated early in product design, Mumtaz shares key insights from her career across big law, blue-chip corporat
Data Leadership in the AI Era: Governance, Storytelling & Strategy with Saima Ali (opens the original)
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In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Saima Ali, Director of Data, AI & Analytics at OSN, joins Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman to explore what it really takes to build successful data teams in the AI era. From storytelling with data and dashboard design to AI governance, human-in-the-loop decision making, and why business context matters more than technical skills alone, Saima shares lessons from her journey across healthcare, aviation, fintech, mobility, and media.Chapters00:24 – Intro: AI, analytics &
Data Privacy, Sovereignty & AI: What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Don O’Shaughnessy (opens the original)
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In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Don O’Shaughnessy joins Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman to break down AI governance in the GCC: privacy, data quality, councils/committees, sovereignty, and why most “AI” programmes stall without foundations. Our guest:Don O'Shaughnessy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-o-shaughnessy-b19676a7/ Our speakers: Tom Stroud - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-stroud2/Syedor Rahman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gcc-tech-talks
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