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Why AI Is Reshaping HR From Operations to Strategic Leadership

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Over the past two years, the acceleration of artificial intelligence has moved from incremental improvement to structural disruption. Few functions illustrate this shift more clearly than Human Resources. What was once viewed as a support function driven by policy, compliance, and manual processes is now becoming a data-informed, experience-led strategic engine. Recent global studies confirm this momentum. A growing majority of HR organizations are either actively planning or already deploying generative AI solutions . Research consistently shows HR teams ranking among the most aggressive adopters of AI, particularly in areas such as talent acquisition, benefits design, workforce analytics, and employee engagement. This is not experimentation for its own sake. It is a response to mounting pressure. Employee expectations are rising sharply. Workforces now expect personalization, speed, fairness, and transparency at scale. At the same time, HR capacity remains finite. Budgets are const...

Qatar’s AI Lawmakers: When Code Begins to Shape the State

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 For decades, governments around the world have spoken about digital transformation as if it were an upgrade—new software layered onto old systems, faster paperwork, fewer queues. Qatar has now taken a far more radical step. It has begun rethinking how laws themselves are conceived, examined, and refined in the age of artificial intelligence. With the launch of the first phase of its Smart Legislative Advisor programme, Qatar is no longer experimenting at the edges of innovation. It is placing AI at the heart of governance—where power, accountability, and national identity intersect. This is not about chatbots answering citizen queries or dashboards visualising data. This is about algorithms assisting in the writing of the rules that shape society. That distinction matters. Developed by the Council of Ministers Secretariat General in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology , the initiative positions Qatar among a very small group of nations ...