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Understanding the UAE’s AI strategy: Ambition, investment and regulation

Emirati royal family
The Emirati royal family has shown ambition to put the country at the centre of the global AI race. Photo: Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images

Key factors set the UAE apart from other rivals in the global race for AI dominance. We discuss current ambition and the challenges ahead.

A recent opinion piece in the FT complained about how it was no longer possible to have a single day, even half a day, where nobody spoke or wrote about how AI was changing the world around us as we watched.

The author made an interesting observation about the “frustratingly

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