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As Sam Altman once said, the country has been ‘talking about AI since before it was cool’
In mid-April this year, Microsoft announced it would invest $1.5 billion in G42, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) firm in the UAE.
The deal is just one small part of the UAE’s mission to become a world leader in AI. As the world has seen in the past few years, the country has been pulling all stops to use the technology to help remold its economy away from oil.
The country was an early mover in the fledgling industry. In fact, it appointed the world’s first AI minister in 2017. Omar bin…
